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But if you block ads and third-party cookies, which I'm 146% you do with this mindset, that data collection is of no use either way.
by grishka 4y ago
But if you block ads and third-party cookies, which I'm 146% you do with this mindset, that data collection is of no use either way.
- tombert 4y agoIs that actually true? They still might be using you for demographic details, and indirectly targeting ads at you for things you can't easily block.
- JohnFen 4y agoI don't understand... What does blocking ads and third-party cookies have to do with it? How does doing that affect the usefulness of real-world data collection?
- grishka 4y agoI may have said it wrong. I meant that, because of ad blocking, it's impossible to show you targeted ads, that data collection doesn't do anything bad to you personally. They can't use it to try to sell something to you in particular because that requires non-consensually shoving information into you, via your own devices. They can still use it for analytics, of course, but that's not nearly as worrying as creepily targeted ads that follow you around everywhere.
- JohnFen 4y agoAh, I see. That doesn't address the issue for me. It's not the ads I care about, it's the data collection.