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PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads (www.macrumors.com)
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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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[-] mobyduck648@beehaw.org 8 points 9 months ago

There's enough astroturf on Reddit for a continent's worth of obnoxious suburban fake lawns.

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