Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
1–10 of 468 posts
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#2Can’t say i feel bad for them.
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#3> Today, for instance, we see that a majority of people who install an ad blocker don't actually do it to block ads (that's just an added bonus). They are actually doing it to block tracking.
Is there any evidence for this at all?
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#4Site is down, here’s the google cache link:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#5Can’t say i feel bad for them.
Why would you feel bad for them? They have had 2 years to prepare for this, hopefully a few fines here and there will make people realise this _is_ a big deal and they can't just ignore it.
About time too, I really really hope this has an incredible profound impact on privacy and the EU will demonstrate this is a law people _must_ abide by.
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#6> Today, for instance, we see that a majority of people who install an ad blocker don't actually do it to block ads (that's just an added bonus). They are actually doing it to block tracking. Is there any evidence for this at all?
No, and I would say that statement is laughably wrong.
Users install ad blockers to prevent annoying stupid things from monopolizing their time and space.
Telling a person "if you install this they'll stop tracking you in some abstract way" is way less effective than "install this and you wont have to wait to watch youtube videos."
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#7What if I told you...
(Morpheus photo)
1. Social websites don’t have to be giant, centralized communities too big to police themselves.
2. People need more tools to help them achieve things in the real world, rather than spending hours a day chatting about the real world online.
3. There are ways to make money online without ads begging you to click on them, and they involve real-world goods and services that your website can help connect people for?
What kind of world would it be that one minute spent online would result in hours of enjoyment out of the house?
Would you NEED to collect data on people in order to tailor ads to them, when the interface would enable them to express their own INTENT to spend money, which you can then help facilitate?
EDIT: downvoted heavily, what else is new. Yeah, clearly saying people want to achieve things in the real world deserves condemnation and scorn from anonymous downvoters, but no counterpoint is given.
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#8> Today, for instance, we see that a majority of people who install an ad blocker don't actually do it to block ads (that's just an added bonus). They are actually doing it to block tracking. Is there any evidence for this at all?
No, and I would say that statement is laughably wrong. Users install ad blockers to prevent annoying stupid things from monopolizing their time and space. Telling a person "if you install this they'll stop tracking you in some abstract way" is way less effective than "install this and you wont have to wait to watch youtube videos."
I don't think so - I think blocking goes for both annoying and dangerous ads, _and_ blocking trackers like facebook/google's invisible pixels. At least I run ublock origin, adguard, scriptsafe and privacy badger for maximum protection.
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#9> Today, for instance, we see that a majority of people who install an ad blocker don't actually do it to block ads (that's just an added bonus). They are actually doing it to block tracking. Is there any evidence for this at all?
I don't believe the majority of people do not understand what 'tracking' entails even after the major outlets have talked about it. Most people do hate intrusive ads though so I do find that very hard to believe
Re: Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
#10Can’t say i feel bad for them.
Why would you feel bad for them? They have had 2 years to prepare for this, hopefully a few fines here and there will make people realise this _is_ a big deal and they can't just ignore it. About time too, I really really hope this has an incredible profound impact on privacy and the EU will demonstrate this is a law people _must_ abide by.
Sorry it was autocorrect. Wanted to say can’t say I feel bad for them.