Opt-Out for Personalized Reddit Ads Removed
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#2Regarding their privacy commitment, visiting the link with Tor browser gives "503 Service Temporarily Unavailable". https://old.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lqtecn/update_to... works - for now.
It didn't use to be this way - they wait for network effects to create lock-in, before turning hostile. Almost like a trap.
Re: Opt-Out for Personalized Reddit Ads Removed
#3> We will no longer support the option to opt out of personalization of ads based on your Reddit activity.
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#4Did anyone even know this option existed?
Seems like they should have just quietly buried the option even deeper.
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#5I use uBlock and a hosts file. Didn't even know reddit had ads.
Re: Opt-Out for Personalized Reddit Ads Removed
#6Regarding their privacy commitment, visiting the link with Tor browser gives "503 Service Temporarily Unavailable". https://old.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lqtecn/update_to... works - for now. It didn't use to be this way - they wait for network effects to create lock-in, before turning hostile. Almost like a trap.
Reddit is so user hostile, it's not even funny at this point. I've been using libreddit instead but of course, you can't comment through that.
Re: Opt-Out for Personalized Reddit Ads Removed
#7Did anyone even know this option existed? Seems like they should have just quietly buried the option even deeper.
Why bother? They've all but taken over the forum and internet community space so now it's time to chase those margins so they can keep that fantasy of infinite growth alive in the hearts of their shareholders.
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#8Did anyone even know this option existed? Seems like they should have just quietly buried the option even deeper.
I've seen and used the option (ie: I'd opted out).
Moving forward I'll only be consuming Reddit via API. Which also means, I'll be participating less (but it was already very little).
Id started my API client before this tho, cause their website is super crashy (oops! Something went wrong)
Re: Opt-Out for Personalized Reddit Ads Removed
#9Regarding their privacy commitment, visiting the link with Tor browser gives "503 Service Temporarily Unavailable". https://old.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lqtecn/update_to... works - for now. It didn't use to be this way - they wait for network effects to create lock-in, before turning hostile. Almost like a trap.
Reddit is so user hostile, it's not even funny at this point. I've been using libreddit instead but of course, you can't comment through that.
>you can't comment through that
Honestly, that might be a bonus for me.
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#10Arguably illegal under the GDPR.