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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform (techcrunch.com)

submitted 3 years ago by meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 61 points 3 years ago (16 children)

Lol what ads. Old.reddit with Reddit enhancement suite and Ublock Origin. That's the only way I ever browse Reddit anymore. I have never seen an ad on Reddit. If they ever get rid of old Reddit I'll never go back there. As it is my Reddit usage has decreased by 95% since using Lemmy and never browsing Reddit any other place than my pc.

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[–] Jupy@linux.community 27 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Problem is not just the ads they serve you, but also that they sell this data...

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[+] Tak@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] Eylrid@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

So we come to Lemmy where anyone can spin up an instance, collect our data, and sell it.

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

Or you can spin up your own and control your own data

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[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 3 points 3 years ago

Now we just need to figure out how to actually sell our data ourselves!

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[–] Eylrid@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Sure, but because of federation other instances can collect your posts and vote data. Federation is the antithesis of privacy.

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[–] Event_Horizon@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago (6 children)

I'll bet cash that it's only a short matter of time before old.reddit is shutdown and within 6 months of that happening Reddit access will be locked behind account login.

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[–] ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I guarantee you the C-suite at reddit regularly kick themselves for giving into public backlash and keeping old.reddit. People weren't happy with the redesign, but they would have definitely gotten used to it fairly quickly. Now, removing it will be another nail in the coffin they're so desperate to build.

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[–] Event_Horizon@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

I suspect you're correct, although I doubt removing old.reddit will cause much of a stir.

Notice how Reddit is releasing 1 shitty update every few weeks rather than all at once? By the time one shit update is released the vast majority of users have forgotten the previous one. Remember the API change? I reckon most of Reddits existing users don't anymore. I suspect old.reddit will go the same way.

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

The only thing keeping the main community that I still visit reddit for (not nearly often enough, since I only look at it on old Reddit) on Reddit is discoverability. People search Google and the Reddit community is in the results, so I don't think they'll make it log in to view

That same community will probably leave the platform when old.reddit (with Reddit Enhancement Suite) is closed, unless Reddit actually adds comparable mod tools

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[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

A lot of sites show up in Google results and then force you to log in to actually see the content. I think most of them just get away with hiding the content a second after loading it in, that way the crawler bot still is able to see all the page but the user isn't

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[–] Event_Horizon@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago

Similar to twitter.

If I go to twitter mainpage I can't see anything without logging in.

If I go direct to a profile I see can't see anything without logging and;

If I go to a specific post, I can read the initial post but nothing else.

That's what I expect will happen to Reddit

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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago

I wouldnt take that bet because I 100% agree.

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[–] Serisar@feddit.de 5 points 3 years ago

Do you also get redirected to some random post with 2 up votes when you click on any i.reddit url/picture. I use the same setup and was wondering if I messed up some settings or if it reddit messing up the old interface.

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[–] mtchristo@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

But old reddit has changed a lot. Bringing it close to the newer interface.

for what ever reason sometimes even internal links inside reddit opens up a new tab with the new interface

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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago

Old. Reddit still looks the exact same as it always has for me. I use Reddit enhancement suite so so maybe that's it. Just turn off "use subreddits style" for every subreddit. Dark mode on. Ad blocker enabled. I don't have the new tab issue. I can see that this won't last forever though and eventually Reddit won't exist to me anymore.

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