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I disagree. Nintendo and Sony don't earn the majority of their profits by selling ads. Facebook does. Nintendo and Sony customer base is people buying games while FB's customer bas…

> People seem to think this is Facebook injecting ads into games all willy nilly Based on previous behavior, this isn't an unfounded line of thinking. Many of the statements made b…

It's hard to assume a centrist's opinions on these things. Anecdotally, the centrists I know and talk to regularly are entirely aligned with the left on those issues. Centrists don…

Could a browser extension do this for every single request?

The problem with autodelete or timed content is with caching services. There are a number of sites that allow you to see deleted comments. If a social media service is large enough…

I find the best solution is to simply never use a social media account attached to your real identity. Innocent comments taken out of context or a general changing of accepted spee…

We all know the answer to this. It absolutely should be opt-in, but they know that around 96% of people will never opt-in. See: iOS 14.5 privacy changes.

I did the same. I don't think you are alone, at all. FB pays well and works on really interesting things but I just can't justify the moral price of working there.

How is this relevant to the tracking popup that shows up when you open a newly installed app? The source of that app isn't relevant here.

Imagine if Google partnered with Valve to bring your steam library to Stadia. That would have instantly won over millions of gamers. I would have bought into Stadia so I could play…

How often have you had windows switch your default browser? Genuinely curious as I've been using Windows 10 since release and have never had my default browser switched away from F…

"Reality Internet" similar to "Reality TV". It is all trash and a waste of time.

>these sites won't be able to run ads that track purchases Isn't that part of the purpose of the changes that Apple is making? As a user, this seems like a great change. Less track…

It could also be due to how awful the new user experience is on Reddit. A journalist would be instantly turned off to using it as a source. If you haven't seen it in a while, using…

Completely agreed. If the redesign was the first impression of reddit that I had, I would have assumed it was another news spam site and not created an account or used it daily for…

Is this comment really necessary? Are you unable to empathize with someone because of their skin color and sex?

I would say that we have different definitions of 'abuse' in the case of Google. Of course, Google doesn't sell your data directly to anyone, allow anyone to get your metadata, or …

>if there is a population of users who simply hate ads to the extent that any impression will be net negative value to the advertiser This segment of the population absolutely exis…

Depending on what you mean by "jump through any of Apple's hoops", you can already do this.

> It's completely inacceptable that a single company holds the sole power to access such a widespread platform. Why? What about Apple's practice is unacceptable? What is the differ…

Agreed. When I saw this title and read the article, the first thing I thought was "Ok, how to I block this/opt-out". It sounds like this is only in Chrome though, for now. One hope…

I know I'm just one data point, but I've been turning down recent Google attempts to hire me precisely because of situations like this. And no, I don't mean just "Hey, we have a fe…

While those are nice words to read, I simply don't believe them. I've had personalized ads turned off on my google account since the feature was available and I still get personali…

Extremely questionable. GPS accuracy even outside isn't perfect and GPS accuracy inside is a crap shoot depending on the building. Someone could have been walking past outside and …