• Jables@iusearchlinux.fyi
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    62
    ·
    1 year ago

    The problem is not necessarily that the ads are personalized. The problem is, to make them personalized, companies have to collect personal data. This turns you into a product, because they can/will sell your info to other corporations.

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I wonder whether a less evil version of what Google tried to push would be a better solution to this.

      That is, a user might flag themselves - or let their browser suggest something then accept it, but this is all local - as “30-40y old, american, male, passing interest in programming, big into archery and horseback riding”, from a big list of possible interests basically. And then ad companies put ads into categories and that’s how they get selected.