cole comments on YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker

[–] cole@lemdro.id 1 point 2 years ago* (5 children)

well it doesn't have any value if it can't be sold or used

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[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

We can agree to disagree about this. I don’t think my obligation is to maximize my ARPU for Google. And given how malignant they are it’s now my mission to maliciously minimize my value to them. Maybe we are just on different wavelengths. Enjoy your Google services.

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[–] cole@lemdro.id 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sure, but I think you were being intentionally misleading by disputing that Google isn't making money off of you if block ads, despite the fact that that person was correct.

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[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I go to a store, I see a nice shirt, I don’t buy it, but I tell a friend about the shirt and he goes to buy it. Did the store make money off of me?

I watch a YouTube video and share it with a friend. That friend watches it and consumes ads (because my friend is a moron, sure). Did Google make money off of me?

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[–] cole@lemdro.id 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

But that wasn't the point your were making. You were saying that the data has value in relation to your point, not the exposure. The implication you were making was that Google could still profit off the data

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[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

They are pursuing a multi variate strategy. They want to collect data and sell ads. They are directly related to each other.

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