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> I suppose you wouldn't consider yourself an optimist. With regard to modern advertising, you are absolutely correct! That said, I fully understand and agree

> I suppose you wouldn't consider yourself an optimist. With regard to modern advertising, you are absolutely correct! That said, I fully understand and agree with the usefulness of advertising. What I'm against is the modern state of advertising. If all ads were simply contextual based on the content being shown and not the user, I don't think many of us would have problems with the ads industry.

pawelmurias 2y ago
How are ads for less relevant products better? If the user tracking data is used only for showing ads and doesn't leak I would guess 99% of people would care about getting tracked.
- hightrix 2y ago
  They wouldn't be less relevant. If I were browsing a mountain biking forum, I'd see ads for mountain bikes and other related services. They would be MORE relevant, rather than the current ads I get for the product I bought 2 months ago.
Aerroon 2y ago
And how is that going to work for all the non-English speaking countries? If that were the case then I could see more stringent regulations on which languages you can use for media creation depending on where the company is from.
- kelnos 2y ago
  It'll work same way browsers know what language to present their main content in: either via the Accept-Language HTTP header, or through a UI element on the website that lets the visitor choose the language.
  - Aerroon 2y ago
    But then they are not based on the context of the website. This is just the same tracking with another name. >or through a UI element on the website that lets the visitor choose the language. This is nonsensical too. People don't just speak only one language. If I'm going into an English website and you're giving me a language pop up I'm going to pick English. But ads that are in English are not relevant to me whatsoever. Also, I would like to note that language redirects are, in my experience, absolute trash. It makes using sites like Adobe awful. Even the language settings in windows lead to a bad user experience. I have to keep English as my first keyboard language and locale to make sure that websites don't default to other languages for me. I have zero faith that they would get this right.

pawelmurias 2y ago

How are ads for less relevant products better? If the user tracking data is used only for showing ads and doesn't leak I would guess 99% of people would care about getting tracked.

hightrix 2y ago
They wouldn't be less relevant. If I were browsing a mountain biking forum, I'd see ads for mountain bikes and other related services. They would be MORE relevant, rather than the current ads I get for the product I bought 2 months ago.

Aerroon 2y ago

And how is that going to work for all the non-English speaking countries? If that were the case then I could see more stringent regulations on which languages you can use for media creation depending on where the company is from.

kelnos 2y ago
It'll work same way browsers know what language to present their main content in: either via the Accept-Language HTTP header, or through a UI element on the website that lets the visitor choose the language.
- Aerroon 2y ago
  But then they are not based on the context of the website. This is just the same tracking with another name. >or through a UI element on the website that lets the visitor choose the language. This is nonsensical too. People don't just speak only one language. If I'm going into an English website and you're giving me a language pop up I'm going to pick English. But ads that are in English are not relevant to me whatsoever. Also, I would like to note that language redirects are, in my experience, absolute trash. It makes using sites like Adobe awful. Even the language settings in windows lead to a bad user experience. I have to keep English as my first keyboard language and locale to make sure that websites don't default to other languages for me. I have zero faith that they would get this right.