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Is ad funded and and privacy really incompatible. For example, radio is a largely ad funded medium, but the technology is inherently private. Tracking might mak

Is ad funded and and privacy really incompatible. For example, radio is a largely ad funded medium, but the technology is inherently private. Tracking might make adds more valuable, but they are not worthless. Especially if you condisder that adviters could still do the type of content driven targeting that they have done on previus mediums (that is to say, it is not a privacy violation to say that the readers of a particular piece of content are interested in that type of content).

mirimir 11y ago
Maybe so. Maybe Internet advertising developed with tracking simply because tracking was so easy, and wasn't not prohibited. So there's strong selection for accurate tracking. But that doesn't say that privacy-friendly advertising is impossible. I do get that it's naive to ask Google etc to take the lead. They're just doing what's rational in the current regulatory environment. But who can create Internet-wide incentives?
- mirimir 11y ago
  ... and wasn't prohibited ...