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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 year ago by meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ibex0@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Porn ads incoming.

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[–] artaxthehappyhorse@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually enjoyed ad personalization when it first started. I got shown ads for things that were actually interesting to me, video games hardware etc, but at this point it resembles what cable TV ads were when I stopped watching TV: car commercials, prescription drugs, baby and feminine products (am not parent, am not female). So now they just spying your behavior to learn the best way to trick you into buying crap you don't need and don't supply any sort of reach around.

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[–] 4rs3n1k@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago

Fuck Reddit.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I got this message too. I’m torn between just deleting the accounts and be done with it and leaving them to sit with no activity and no ad impressions.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or set your location to a European country?

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 10 points 1 year ago

A better idea. I already tried to change my email to a European provider, though, and Reddit refused.

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[–] FUCKRedditMods@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

reddit makes experience worse for users

Other shocking news at 11

[–] BeezKnuts@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Thank God. I love seeing that place die

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The only really long term viable model is a donation model. Ad tracking is abusive and the legality is waning, and subscription models for what's basically a public good are fucked.

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[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Woah big shocker, anyway

[–] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you wanna keep your bookmarks and the subreddits (communities) that you're subscribed to before deleting your account, I made a free tool to help you store and offload that data.

It's called Reddit Account Manager, and it's 100% free.

You can also use it to manage your Lemmy account(s), of course.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I guess anyone who is still there don't care. :)

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[–] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

I still go to Reddit subs when something interesting appears in my RSS feed.

As soon as they kill RSS (and honestly I'm pretty surprised they haven't yet), I'll never go there again.

[–] KeefChief13@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The new pinned sponsor add at the top is so distracting. Used it to figure out a sports stream, awful experience.

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