| ▲ | rsolva 3 hours ago | |
Ban personalized advertising! | ||
| ▲ | Terr_ 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Putting on my cynic-hat: 1. Reform occurs, now ad-networks serve ads based on the content it appears near, rather than analyzing the viewer. 2. Ad-network says "You know, I'd pay more if you had a version of this content that drew people who were X, Y, Z..." 3. The sites start duplicating their content into hundreds of inconsequentially-different sub-versions, profiling visitors to guide them to "what fits your interests", but it's actually a secret signal to the ad-networks. 4. Ad-network, super-coincidentally, releases tools that can "help" sites do it. | ||