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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Advertising signs next to a road are both targeted and privacy respecting, just like radio/tv.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

They are worth nothing compared to targeted ads online that know your soul.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That's a really good point.

However the company that Mozilla just purchased was about targeted advertisement campaigns.. "data-driven advertisements"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Yeah I'm aware, I just reacted to the general statement about advertising that was untrue imho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's not what digital advertising is though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

The person I reacted to didn't talk about only digital advertising