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olegious on April 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dear internet: We must ban targeted advertising im...

"Wrong" in your opinion, not in the opinion of others.

Choice is a beautiful thing- that's why with things like GDPR you can opt out from tracking, personalized advertising and be worth less as a user to the publisher.

Ad tech needs to do a better job in making these choices easier to make and persist.

edit- as the commenter below correctly states, GDPR is "Opt-in" not "Opt-out"

gpderetta on April 9, 2020 [–]

No GPDR allows for opting-in into tracking. Of course most websites conveniently seem to forget that.

olegious on April 9, 2020 | [–]

You're right, I don't live in the EU and forgot the distinction. But the point stands- users should get a choice, there shouldn't be a blanket ban.

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