> That framing is based on a false premise that we have to choose between “old tracking” and “new tracking.” It’s not either-or. Instead of re-inventing the tracking wheel, we should imagine a better world without the myriad problems of targeted ads.
I don't want to be tracked. I never have wanted to be tracked. I shouldn't have to aggressively opt-out of tracking; it should be a service one must opt-in to receive. And it's not something we can trust industry to correct properly. This is precisely the role that privacy-protecting legislation should be undertaking.
Stop spying on us, please.
Maybe just use Tor.
> Stop spying on us, please.
It was probably a mistake to equivocate the kind of data gathering that ad-tech companies do with the kind that oppressive governments do.
> Well of course $company gives $oppressive_regime access to data they collect on their users. They have to comply with local laws!