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Just want to chime in that ads-based network effects are a huge boon to the economy and ability to be innovating and build business on the internet. It's import
by mgraczyk 4y ago
Just want to chime in that ads-based network effects are a huge boon to the economy and ability to be innovating and build business on the internet. It's important to recognize that with "privacy" regulation like this will likely come an unexpected chilling of the online economy. I wouldn't be surprised if regulation like this reduced PPP growth for Americans by around 1-2% on average in the long term.
- sillystuff 4y agoIf the choice were really all ads going away and all ad supported websites going with them, or pervasive tracking, I'd gladly give up the minority of ad supported sites that provide value to rid the Internet of the scourge of the remaining ad supported trash. The truth is that there is no such dichotomy. Ads do not need tracking/"personalization", and if tracking/data collection were made illegal, there would be no commercial advantage for the scummiest "ad tech" company. (I'm not commenting on the California legislation, but just generally in response to parent)