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

submitted 9 months 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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[-] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

And may it usher in the era of antisocial media. The era where we all stop trying to impress each other, monetize each other, and just buy a thing and have it do the thing we bought it for, and not be bothered. Long may it reign.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Lol that's more like the end of American consumerism, and while I wholeheartedly agree, that'll take a generation or two at least to decouple from American society. That shit's been going strong here for over 100 years.