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I don't particularly like the ads, but I understand they are needed to sustain many businesses (either online or elsewhere.) Would I prefer alternative payment
by watermelon0 5y ago
I don't particularly like the ads, but I understand they are needed to sustain many businesses (either online or elsewhere.) Would I prefer alternative payment methods? Maybe, depending on the publisher, and the price of the content.
I'm not completely sure what's the end goal of Google here, but if it this can reduce privacy invasion and tracking (as performed by most sites these days), and be similar to iOS' IDFA, where you can opt-out or reset the token, I'd prefer that.
- errantmind 5y agoThat would essentially end targeted advertising and the companies that benefit from ads will fight that to the death. I would be ok with every company dependent on advertising finding a different business model (or going out of business)
- xg15 5y agoThe problem is, there is not really a rational reason why you would not want to opt-out. The only practical reasons are: - You don't know you can. - You don't know how. - You don't bother. This is what irks me about this and similar "personal choice" solutions that try to get you to internalise the conflict: If there was an actual risk of a significant number of users opting out, the companies wouldn't offer them. (Or pull them back - see how quickly DNT died when a player attempted to remove the friction from it)
- ssss11 5y agoI don’t like ads but also accept some ads are required. What I think shouldn’t exist is targeted ads - call them tailored or whatever the hell you like, but ads should be a static ad for a company/product just like they were on billboards and in newspapers before the internet, and it doesn’t matter if I see it or someone else. They shouldn’t use information about me to target an ad.