▲ 432 ▼ PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads (www.macrumors.com) submitted 2 years ago by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org 100 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] KlausVonLechland@beehaw.org 69 points 2 years ago (1 child) There are upsides to it, like me spending considerably less time on the random internet surfing because my annoyance overshadows my dopamine kick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] biddy@feddit.nl 9 points 2 years ago Conversely, I'm so opposed to the enshitification that I've carefully tailored my internet usage to places that aren't shit and have no prospect of becoming shit, like Lemmy. Since I don't even have the motivation of not supporting an evil company, I'm more addicted that ever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] biddy@feddit.nl 9 points 2 years ago Conversely, I'm so opposed to the enshitification that I've carefully tailored my internet usage to places that aren't shit and have no prospect of becoming shit, like Lemmy. Since I don't even have the motivation of not supporting an evil company, I'm more addicted that ever. permalink fedilink source parent