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So... rich and poor people get served different ads. Who gives a shit? Pricing differences based on user attributes are well-known and (while they offend some)
by monochromatic 14y ago
So... rich and poor people get served different ads. Who gives a shit? Pricing differences based on user attributes are well-known and (while they offend some) make a lot of sense.
The stuff about political echo chambers at the end seems to be thrown in without any justification whatsoever. Is there any reason to think I'm seeing pages that cater to my political interests (beyond the fact that I may intentionally visit such pages)?
- philf 14y agoExactly, in fact I haven't seen any ads since I installed AdBlock 6 years ago.
- foobarqux 14y agoIf the thing refuses to do what I want it to do because it thinks I shouldn't have the knowledge I am asking for, either because that knowledge is forbidden me or because I cannot afford it, if the thing I am facing is making that decision then changing the way that thing behaves will change what I can have, therefore will change who I can be because what I get determines who I will become. -- Eben Moglen
- monochromatic 14y agoWe're just talking about what ads get served. Ads.
- foobarqux 14y agoAds are designed to manipulate perception and consequently distorts a person's world view. Don't you think that only seeing ads for your local community college versus only seeing ads for Harvard will impact which school you try to go to? Fortunately on the Internet there is an easy fix: Use Adblock. Unfortunately not nearly enough people use it.
- foobarqux 14y agoAnd as the commenter below mentioned this is more than Ads.
- pixl97 14y ago"We're just talking about what ads get served, for the moment." Tools can have more then one purpose.
- dguaraglia 14y agoSo, by using AdBlock I'll never know what side of the digital divide I'm on... oh well.