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I think in the context of privacy "personalised" always means "personalised by using information the publisher shouldn't have".

Facebook has my age and home town, knows what many of my interests are via groups I'm in. I don't think it's wrong to say I have given them that information voluntarily and so long as they keep it on their servers only, I'm ok with them showing me a mountainbike ad because I'm a 40yo male who is in a mountainbiking facebook group.

I don't consent to them showing me an ad for a specific mountainbike that I placed in the shoppingbasket at cheap-mountanibikes dot com last week, and then abandoned there, and the reason they know is because the store has some kind of arrangement of any kind with facebook. That's the kind of thing I don't think I should even be allowed to consent to.

>>alkona+(OP)
I totally get where you're coming from. Isn't that the approach Apple took with their (small) business running app store and news ads? they only allow generalized location and user info, and in app store context its almost entirely query based. but there's no identifying info. FWIW I absolutely hate the ads I see in apple news and they seem to be AI generated images with shitty headlines such as "New government program can wipe out debt. see how much you could save".

Instagram in comparison sends me a ton of personalized ads and I actually really like them. I have a modified .ipa of instagram (Rocket for iOS) and while it turns ads off I actually have that setting changed so I still see ads. Sometimes I find things I really like.

>>alkona+(OP)
>That's the kind of thing I don't think I should even be allowed to consent to

Why not?

>>alkona+(OP)
The irony is that Facebook doesn't use the information you give them. I get garbage tier ads because I block their tracking, but with the information that I gave them, specifically that I graduated with a CS degree 10 years ago, they should be able to infer that I make good money and have nerdy interests, but the ads they show me are for cheap clothing.

>>l33t73+o3
Because I think it's a net negative for society.

>>alkona+Bu
It is clear that you think that. Almost never do people say that they think something should be illegal while simultaneously believing that thing is a net good.

I’m asking why you think that it’s a net negative that you’re able to consent to that.