beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoUS says troops were targeted with location data, as senator warns ad industry is a ‘national security threat’www.wyden.senate.govexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·5 hours agoOTOH, serving content is not free and something needs to pay the hosting/publishing bills. The problem IMO is invasive ad serving tech and deceptive ads, which are often both uncurated and deceptive.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 minutes agoSure, serving content isn’t free. Maybe we don’t need to serve so much damn content then.
OTOH, serving content is not free and something needs to pay the hosting/publishing bills.
The problem IMO is invasive ad serving tech and deceptive ads, which are often both uncurated and deceptive.
Sure, serving content isn’t free. Maybe we don’t need to serve so much damn content then.