Subj : ..the End of Targeted
To   : esc
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Mar 02 2023 22:55:00

Hello esc!

** On Monday 20.02.23 - 14:57, esc wrote to Ogg:

 Og>> This Privacy Ruling Against Facebook and Instagram Could
 Og>> Spell the End of Targeted Ads

 e> Man, this is actually something I'm not a huge fan of.
 e> Sure, targeted ads and feeling as though you're being spied
 e> on is lame. Totally. I get it. But facebook is an opt-in
 e> platform. It's not a public utility like a library, it's a
 e> business. I don't see how any government can force a
 e> business to give away access to a commercial platform for
 e> free.

One of the problems is that they use your activity data even  
when you are not using FB.  I've logged into FB for a few  
minutes, check for some messages and then leave. But when I'd  
visit another website, "targetted ads" based on what I was  
reading on FB appear as ads on that other website!  So,  
clearly, FB is distributing my user activity/content info to  
other parties.

The same ads would follow me when I visit other news sites, for  
example.


 e> So what's any company that relies on ad revenue to give
 e> away services supposed to do? Charge for accounts? I guess?

I can live without FB, so I don't care what they do. I just  
drop by to see if there are any new postings from friends. I  
don't contribute content myself.

Maybe they could provide the option to turn OFF the  
presentation of ads if I don't want to see them, meanwhile,  
they could still collect and analyse my activity on FB.

But I don't like the way the ads keep following me from site to  
site.

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