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Pretty sure a big ban hammer is coming for Google with all such shenanigans, especially in trigger happy places like Europe and India who don't like their citiz

Pretty sure a big ban hammer is coming for Google with all such shenanigans, especially in trigger happy places like Europe and India who don't like their citizens tracked and are happy to create legislative bans. So you may win the cat and mouse adblock game but what are you gonna do when countries start making it illegal to use GA? (1) (1) https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2022/02/10/french-regulator-rules-google-analytics-illegal/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2022/02/10/frenc...?

ulrikrasmussen 5y ago
I can't wait for this to happen. Personally I think we just need to ban all targeted advertising based on viewer profiles, even session data such as IP and geo-location. This in turn should severely limit or destroy business models based on optimizing for engagement, as non-paying users are no longer profitable. It's going to cost a lot of people in ad-tech their jobs, but there is no shortage of demand for IT work, so surely they'll find something else to do.
- pmoriarty 5y ago
  "I think we just need to ban all targeted advertising based on viewer profiles, even session data such as IP and geo-location" I'd go further and ban all unsolicited advertising.
  - ouid 5y ago
    I don't hear these words enough :(.
  - drusepth 5y ago
    In $current_year, I kind of want to go even further and just ban the Internet.
  - eitland 5y ago
    Not all ads are created equal: The other day I learned from an ad that my favorite 6 year old Bergans jacket can be repaired at a shop next to where I work for a price that is next to nothing.
- zelphirkalt 5y ago
  We also need to include hefty fines for handling data to Google and their ilk behind the back of users. It is required, but not sufficient to ban businesses like ad and spy business of Google.
dartharva 5y ago
I'd wish so too but I don't see much that can happen in this context.
ignoramous 5y ago
> India who don't like their citizens tracked... Pretty sure the Indian govt bullied everyone into getting an Aadhar. The quintessential tracking device.
- aliswe 5y ago
  It's a government.
  - ignoramous 5y ago
    ...which likes to police, surveil, impose, oppress the governed a bit too much.
    - known 5y ago

ulrikrasmussen 5y ago

I can't wait for this to happen. Personally I think we just need to ban all targeted advertising based on viewer profiles, even session data such as IP and geo-location. This in turn should severely limit or destroy business models based on optimizing for engagement, as non-paying users are no longer profitable. It's going to cost a lot of people in ad-tech their jobs, but there is no shortage of demand for IT work, so surely they'll find something else to do.

pmoriarty 5y ago
"I think we just need to ban all targeted advertising based on viewer profiles, even session data such as IP and geo-location" I'd go further and ban all unsolicited advertising.
- ouid 5y ago
  I don't hear these words enough :(.
- drusepth 5y ago
  In $current_year, I kind of want to go even further and just ban the Internet.
- eitland 5y ago
  Not all ads are created equal: The other day I learned from an ad that my favorite 6 year old Bergans jacket can be repaired at a shop next to where I work for a price that is next to nothing.
zelphirkalt 5y ago
We also need to include hefty fines for handling data to Google and their ilk behind the back of users. It is required, but not sufficient to ban businesses like ad and spy business of Google.

dartharva 5y ago

I'd wish so too but I don't see much that can happen in this context.

ignoramous 5y ago

> India who don't like their citizens tracked... Pretty sure the Indian govt bullied everyone into getting an Aadhar. The quintessential tracking device.

aliswe 5y ago
It's a government.
- ignoramous 5y ago
  ...which likes to police, surveil, impose, oppress the governed a bit too much.
  - known 5y ago