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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
ALL your private data sounds rather extreme. That could certainly mean a lot of things!

Some examples of what I'm fine with: if I visit a hardware store's online website and am then retargeted by their ads, or I visit a hardware magazine's website and am then targeted by hardware ads.

>>arbuge+PO1
My clarification then, targeted ads are fine if ai don't have to provide ANY of my private data.

The site showing an ad knows the context of what I'm looking at, whether that's a specific news article or the weather. That's enough info for a reasonably targeted ad without needing to match back to my browsing history, who I bank with, my likely religious views or sexual orientation, etc