Can’t come soon enough. Kneecap the need to datamine users.
I totally want to see this happen even if that means they will have to charge money for their heretofore “free” services.
This would be a big win for society, in my view.
I think this topic becomes emotive because there are obviously ways to misuse data, but I struggle to see the actual harm in personalised advertising. If there's a data acquisition route that we all agree is bad, then we should ban that.
This just furthers unbridled consumerism.
I’m okay when people need something because it’s physically necessary for them. But there is something wrong when people impulse buy online just because they got some targeted ads playing with their psychological profile.
I’m convinced these operators cannot be trusted and kneecapping them is the only way out.