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PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 year ago by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

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TL;DR: Reddit is removing the option to opt out of ad personalization, targeting ads based on user activity. Some specific ad categories can still be limited, but there's no more opt-out option.

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[–] ithas@artemis.camp 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or am I missing something?

I think the only distinguishing factor is to target, it must gather data. So that means your activity is being tracked, stored, and shared with third parties. Of course for some people this will matter more than to others, but for those privacy focused you now know for certain they are storing data on you, potentially making money off of selling it, with no way to opt out.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Good point. I missed that.