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0 pointsamelius2y ago0 comments

I don't see the logical connection between my comment and yours.

Yes, ads make people buy more stuff.

Is that a good thing? My comment doesn't say anything about that.

But anyway, my guess is no, because it leads to overconsumption, and exhaustion of natural resources.

Also:

> 96% of US users opted out of IDFA sharing

Meaning that users really do not want to be tracked.

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riversflow2y ago

I was replying to this.

> will just make products more expensive, since now you also pay for the adtech that's involved

That’s not generally how the economics of advertising works. If it were, advertising wouldn’t be very successful/important.

People don’t like the idea of being tracked, but my experience is that they like the results.. Especially all the extreme specialty niche products that simply wouldn’t exist without targeted ads.

ameliusOP2y ago

That's a huge assumption on your end, that people like the results of ads more than they do not want to be tracked.

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