Besides Chrome, Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative is on Android to let apps show you relevant ads in a more private manner. The beta started earlier this year, and Google is now prompting more users about it with new Ad privacy settings.

  • snooggums
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    451 year ago

    I don’t want ‘relevant ads’ to be private. I want NO ADS.

    • tal
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      1 year ago

      Speaking generally about ads, the issue is that people (a) don’t like ads, but (b) also don’t like paying for things that could be ad-supported. And the money for things that are ad-supported is going to come from one place or another, or they won’t be done.

      Wanting to get rid of ads is a legitimate preference – but I’m saying that that probably comes with paying for something that wasn’t paid for before.

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        My experience with so many things starting as pay instead of ads, but then ads being added over time, is why I reject ads outright. I don’t trust companies to not double dip.

        That said, I do pay for streaming services to avoid ads and refuse to pay for the ones that still have ads after paying.

    • @ominouslemon
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      121 year ago

      See, this is what I think people get wrong about ad tech: the problem are not the ads themselves, but the tracking. I’m completely fine with ads, as long as I’m not tracked by their provider

      • ImaginaryFox
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        141 year ago

        I’ve gone so long without ads I am unaware of the concept of being fine with ads. It’s too unfamiliar an experience now.

      • snooggums
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        141 year ago

        Internet ads that don’t involve tracking are a thing of the past, so not worth discussing non-tracked ads as a middle ground.

        Ads = tracking.

    • @TheTechNerd
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      91 year ago

      I am ok with ads personally as long as it is context based ads with no data collections. So If I visit a tech website, I get tech ads. I understand running these servers cost money. Either you pay or ads. Currently, the issue is privacy.