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That's not true -- many people think advertising as practiced is abusive in its own right.
by topaz0 4y ago
That's not true -- many people think advertising as practiced is abusive in its own right.
- ajross 4y ago"Society as a whole" and "many people" are not the same entities. Again, there was a time when serious discourse about internet privacy focused on abuse potential and how to provide data security guarantees. Now it's just "ads bad", and I think that's a real problem with the discourse. To repeat, you can win fights over privacy (c.f. the GDPR, which while pretty flawed was a real and tangible win for users). You'll never win a fight over "ads". Ever.
- hedora 4y agoThe vast majority of Americans are concerned about data collection: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/15/key-takeaways-on-americans-views-about-privacy-surveillance-and-data-sharing/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/15/key-takeawa... There's no point in additional discourse on the issue. We may as well be arguing about whether cigarettes cure lung disease.
- blep_ 4y agoBut "many people" and "no one serious", which is what you claimed, are also not the same.
- account42 4y ago> You'll never win a fight over "ads". Ever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cidade_Limpa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cidade_Limpa Even for cities that do not outright ban it, outdoor advertisement is heavily regulated in many parts of the world. Compare you typical european and asian big city street. Clearly many people do not like ads even without the tracking.