Besides Chrome, Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative is on Android to let apps show you relevant ads in a more private manner. The beta started earlier this year, and Google is now prompting more users about it with new Ad privacy settings.

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[–] 54 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I don't want 'relevant ads' to be private. I want NO ADS.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Speaking generally about ads, the issue is that people (a) don't like ads, but (b) also don't like paying for things that could be ad-supported. And the money for things that are ad-supported is going to come from one place or another, or they won't be done.

    Wanting to get rid of ads is a legitimate preference -- but I'm saying that that probably comes with paying for something that wasn't paid for before.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    My experience with so many things starting as pay instead of ads, but then ads being added over time, is why I reject ads outright. I don't trust companies to not double dip.

    That said, I do pay for streaming services to avoid ads and refuse to pay for the ones that still have ads after paying.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    I am ok with ads personally as long as it is context based ads with no data collections. So If I visit a tech website, I get tech ads. I understand running these servers cost money. Either you pay or ads. Currently, the issue is privacy.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    See, this is what I think people get wrong about ad tech: the problem are not the ads themselves, but the tracking. I'm completely fine with ads, as long as I'm not tracked by their provider

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