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PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 3 years ago by 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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[–] 5 points 3 years ago*

Commercial social media that is free does and will track your activity on the site

I don't think many people have an issue with this. It's all the bullshit they pull to track you off the site that is the problem, and they do a lot of that.

Edit: and the selling of that information to third parties that you would never consent to. That's also a huge issue.

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