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Instagram is an app and therefore can't have its ads (easily) blocked. Facebook is mostly used by older people that don't know about ad blockers.
by smith7018 4y ago
Instagram is an app and therefore can't have its ads (easily) blocked. Facebook is mostly used by older people that don't know about ad blockers.
- charcircuit 4y agoFacebook is an app too
- biesnecker 4y agoAnd almost all of the revenue for it comes from mobile users.
- gardenhedge 4y agoIs this why Reddit pushes people to its app?
- pm90 4y agoYes but also tracking.
- gardenhedge 4y agoWhat kind of tracking can be done in apps that can't be done in browsers?
- californical 4y agoIf you ever download or upload a picture in the app, you’ve likely granted full access to your photo library, which includes location information on every photo along with timestamps. Also just direct location access, even when it’s running in the background. What orientation the phone is in (are you laying in bed?) and is it moving? Then of course more specific metrics within the platform around how long you looked at a post, how fast do you scroll here, how much do you read certain comments compared to others, etc. Those platform metrics are a lot easier to track when you have full hardware access instead of just the apis that mobile javascript provides
- gardenhedge 4y agoDoes the app also get to see all the photos in the photo library or just metadata?