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> But there has to be an alternative so that advertising can continue to hold up the internet and keep it freely accessible This dichotomy is false. You can st

> But there has to be an alternative so that advertising can continue to hold up the internet and keep it freely accessible This dichotomy is false. You can still advertise to users without having any tracking data about them other than the service or site they are using. Just as advertising has done in most other major industries, be it print media, television, or physical advertisements such as billboards. It's not as crazy insanely lucrative !== it's not profitable enough to work.

phailhaus 3y ago
And with the new system, you can do that by simply turning it off. The point is that now you can turn it off.
- nickthegreek 3y ago
  And by simply turning off you mean: 1. Go to: chrome://settings/adPrivacy 2. Click Ad topics 3. Turn off toggle. 4. Click back Arrow. 5. Click Site-suggested ads 6. Turn off Toggle. 7. Click back arrow. 8. Click Ad measurement 9. Turn off toggle. 10. Repeat the same on every computer you have Chrome installed on. 11. Figure out if this is also an issue on mobile browsers installed, and if not, when it will be rolling out to disable it then. 12. Hope that an update doesnt flip the toggles.
  - phailhaus 3y ago
    That's a matter of UX. Again, the point is that now you can turn it off. This was not possible before, full stop. That's what I mean by it being a step in the right direction: it finally gives you central authority on what sites know about you.
havnagiggle 3y ago
I'm also curious about regional ads. All this talk about topics, etc. is mostly a non-issue for me, but what is the current state about ip/location/regionalized ads? Is this already off the table because the website gets my IP when I browse to them? Some websites ask for the browsers geo information which has a permission toggle - I haven't noticed if those correlate to more specific regionalized ads.

phailhaus 3y ago

And with the new system, you can do that by simply turning it off. The point is that now you can turn it off.

nickthegreek 3y ago
And by simply turning off you mean: 1. Go to: chrome://settings/adPrivacy 2. Click Ad topics 3. Turn off toggle. 4. Click back Arrow. 5. Click Site-suggested ads 6. Turn off Toggle. 7. Click back arrow. 8. Click Ad measurement 9. Turn off toggle. 10. Repeat the same on every computer you have Chrome installed on. 11. Figure out if this is also an issue on mobile browsers installed, and if not, when it will be rolling out to disable it then. 12. Hope that an update doesnt flip the toggles.
- phailhaus 3y ago
  That's a matter of UX. Again, the point is that now you can turn it off. This was not possible before, full stop. That's what I mean by it being a step in the right direction: it finally gives you central authority on what sites know about you.

havnagiggle 3y ago

I'm also curious about regional ads. All this talk about topics, etc. is mostly a non-issue for me, but what is the current state about ip/location/regionalized ads? Is this already off the table because the website gets my IP when I browse to them? Some websites ask for the browsers geo information which has a permission toggle - I haven't noticed if those correlate to more specific regionalized ads.