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“Less ads for the User” That does not track with my experience at all. Ad prevalence has only increased over time.

• asow92 3y ago
  On iOS at least, ad prevalence has increased over time because targeted ads have been effectively abolished: more ads, with less relevance, are required to gain the same amount of revenue.
  • nullstyle 3y ago
    Yeah, sure. Not
    • asow92 3y ago
      I mean, this has literally been my job for a decade, but okay, f me.
  • ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
    it seems more like ad prevalence has increased over time so that advertisers and ad-based services can make more money after all, it increased before any attempts to rein in targeted advertising (which still exists, it's just harder to hyper-target in some circumstances)
  • photonerd 3y ago
    They haven’t been abolished at all. Source: part of my job for the last 15 years.