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>>pbrw+(OP)
I might be in the minority here but I personally find personalized ads useful, and am far more annoyed by ads recommending products and services completely irrelevant to my interests and/or needs.

(The latter still account for the ads I see most of the time, unfortunately.)

>>arbuge+qN1
Sure. As long as I don’t have to deliver (all) my private data to get those relevant ads.

>>imafis+8O1
Sellers and marketers don't want you opting into their market (eg. by checking a box that says "I want ads for computers"). They want to target their customers with fine-tuned, data-driven assumptions. Age, gender, income, interests, career...

This is the value Facebook delivers (targeting and measuring), and it's about to go up in smoke.

Nobody will pay the same price for a billboard.

>>echelo+QO1
Where would Facebook be getting income data from?

>>arbuge+QS1
From banks, via some middleman service.

Or, the facebook pixel embedded in a page you (or your employer) put your tax info into.