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I'm an anti-ads person, even though I know it hurts some of the sites I like who depend on advertising. I'm anti-ads because the kind of ads that I am being ex
by junto 13y ago
I'm an anti-ads person, even though I know it hurts some of the sites I like who depend on advertising.
I'm anti-ads because the kind of ads that I am being exposed to are invasive, especially re-targeting ads. I.e. those ads where you've been on a website and thought about buying something, then decided against it? Then you get the same product advertised to you on random other sites you visit.
I cannot stand it when those ads follow me around. In fact, assuming I didn't buy the product or service for a good reason, and I do want to buy the product, I will deliberately buy from a competitor, because fuck you and your invasion of my privacy. It is my own little way of silent protest.
I assume I'm in a minority though and most people don't care. Most of the time I use an ad-blocker. iPad doesn't have a solution unfortunately.
- nForce 13y agoYes, you are in the tiny minority :) So your actions are pretty inconsequential to most companies
- frik 13y agoThe only targeting Ads that work for me are amazon.com ads. I always try to deactivate and fallback to classic ads. It was at least possible in FB some years ago.
- rbobby 13y agoHa! I love re-targeting... it keeps reminding me of companies who's products I've decided not to purchase automatically! And even better the company is paying someone to remind me not to do business with them!