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  • Metype @lemmy.worldtoBoost For Lemmy@lemmy.worldHmmmm
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    5 months ago

    I’ve gotten ads for that thing too. I think it’s because Google ads really only knows that you’re on social media and little more so it just shoves ads for “social media” at you and then this happens. I think, at least kinda, that it’s reassuring seeing ads so disconnected from my usage of the app since it implies little information is being sent to third party advertisers.

    Next time I get paid I’ll just pay the dev though tbh




  • Metype @lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlWhy is this so difficult?
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    8 months ago

    I do believe they were referring quite specifically to the politicians, since on every side it seems politicians are disconnected from their constituents and do things those constituents absolutely wouldn’t (this isn’t some bizarre both-sides argument btw, just general frustration at the state of things)


  • I’ve seen you a bit on a few of these posts, always defending these companies’ behavior. I tend to disagree with your stance. While I do understand that the infrastructure behind the sites I use is not free (trust me, I run some sites myself and my pitiful little things are expensive), I also do not think punishing users for adblock is justified. Neither is scraping as much data as can be gathered for further sale. Advertising can be very intrusive anymore and data collection from sites is no different. It’s not that the sites want to make money; it’s their insistence that the user is the product. Just pay walling the service would be much less scummy and unjustifiable than this nonsense.