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PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 2 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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[–] 1 point 2 years ago*

And the vast majority of consumers don't even understand what's going on, and don't care. Look at how many people happily download and use the TikTok app, despite evidence that it's harvesting your biometric data and sending it to a government overseas. They don't fucking care.

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