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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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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Some of us remember there was a time when things like Reddit didn't exist, and neither did Facebook, Twitter etc. Lots of people lived just fine without them then. It's completely possible to take a hard line on this stuff and just refuse to use sites/apps/products that don't respect your privacy. Remember, there's always a smaller, friendlier or mechanical version.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Reddit was unique - at least in my experience - in that it expanded my horizons and allowed me to grow in many ways.
    Before Reddit I just searched out sites / forums about my interests.
    Reddit allowed me to organically gain new interests through daily interactions.

    I’ve left it since they killed Apollo but I will admit that there were various good communities that I do miss!

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