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As if I need every single website hooked into Google Ads, all of them reminding me that I'm single, trying to sell me clothes, trying to sell me dating websites
by criley2 13y ago
As if I need every single website hooked into Google Ads, all of them reminding me that I'm single, trying to sell me clothes, trying to sell me dating websites, trying to predict what I want in life.
It's invasive, and quite frankly, it's disturbing and creepy that the same advertisements follow me regardless of website. I feel like the guy in Pachebel's Rant, finding Canon in D across modern music, except what I'm finding is invasive Google ads, and I find them on most websites...
So no, I actively refuse the narrow demographic Google placed me into, and chases me around the internet with.
- maxmcd 13y agoYou can opt-out of retargeting. Seems that would solve your problem.
- vonuebelgarten 13y agoI opt-out by preventing the browser from emitting that HTTP requests. Why will I trust the ad-server from doing evil things?
- betterunix 13y agoWe should live in a world where people who want this need to opt-in.
- orourkek 13y agoFYI, you can change some settings for google ads[1] so that you're not shown targeted ads at all (for example). You can also block ads to have them and related ads never be shown again. [1] https://www.google.com/ads/preferences https://www.google.com/ads/preferences
- HarshaThota 13y agoGoogle also has an add-on if you want to opt out from Google Analytics. [1] https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout