Subj : ..the End of Targeted
To : esc
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Mar 02 2023 10:55 pm
Hello esc!
** On Monday 20.02.23 - 14:57, esc wrote to Ogg:
Og>> This Privacy Ruling Against Facebook and Instagram Could
Og>> Spell the End of Targeted Ads
e> Man, this is actually something I'm not a huge fan of.
e> Sure, targeted ads and feeling as though you're being spied
e> on is lame. Totally. I get it. But facebook is an opt-in
e> platform. It's not a public utility like a library, it's a
e> business. I don't see how any government can force a
e> business to give away access to a commercial platform for
e> free.
One of the problems is that they use your activity data even
when you are not using FB. I've logged into FB for a few
minutes, check for some messages and then leave. But when I'd
visit another website, "targetted ads" based on what I was
reading on FB appear as ads on that other website! So,
clearly, FB is distributing my user activity/content info to
other parties.
The same ads would follow me when I visit other news sites, for
example.
e> So what's any company that relies on ad revenue to give
e> away services supposed to do? Charge for accounts? I guess?
I can live without FB, so I don't care what they do. I just
drop by to see if there are any new postings from friends. I
don't contribute content myself.
Maybe they could provide the option to turn OFF the
presentation of ads if I don't want to see them, meanwhile,
they could still collect and analyse my activity on FB.
But I don't like the way the ads keep following me from site to
site.
