But seriously, the "your attention is being monetized" model makes for such an awful experience for me. I'm envious of people who can enjoy the world and the Internet when ads are everywhere.

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BlemboTheThird 8 points 2 years ago

I think most of them simply opt to not use the Internet as often

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trespasser69 27 points 2 years ago

TL;DR

If you choose to let us track you'll get personalized ads

If you choose to NOT let us track you'll get tons of intrusive and unskipable ads

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simonced 5 points 2 years ago

Having the choice is what matters right?

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01189998819991197253 15 points 2 years ago

The company said the changes are for users in the European Union, in response to evolving EU regulatory feedback

Sounds like a petulant child throwing a tantrum for being told 'no'.

minimal set of data points including a person's age, location, gender, and how a person engages with ads.

Sounds like they're skirting the regulation.

allowing people to connect with the brands and products that are most relevant to them.

"Connecting with brands and products" is not even remotely close to why people use social media.

Tf are they going on about?!

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Buddahriffic 4 points 2 years ago

Marketers using all of their skills to try to sell the idea that they're a good guy doing something people (who aren't ad buyers) want.

Sad part is they are probably able to fool some people.

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01189998819991197253 3 points 2 years ago

Eu needs to just block fb en large and be done with it.

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nonentity 10 points 2 years ago

Friends don’t let friends use Facebook.

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friend_of_satan 9 points 2 years ago

Chill out, I already had enough reasons to not use those sites.

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Cocodapuf 7 points 2 years ago

Not for me. I've found a clever way to avoid these ads.

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Jocker 7 points 2 years ago

Ooh, that's bad... Anyway...

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randon31415 7 points 2 years ago

Wow, they are buying ads but haven't made any new content since 2012?. Must be a desert bus for hope promotion.

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EleventhHour 6 points 2 years ago

My MAGA mom will be so annoyed…

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thejml 15 points 2 years ago

She’ll likely just blame it on Obama and “the libs” and abortion, and “the gays”, and then post on Facebook about that. At least that’s what mine will do.

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half 5 points 2 years ago

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JadenSmith 5 points 2 years ago

When I used Instagram, I used it through Instander for extra features (and ad blocking). It worked pretty well, and it's a mod of Instagram so the interface was the same.

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rumba 3 points 2 years ago

Hmm, I swapped FB with Lemmy for my quick dial when the elections heated up, guess I'll just leave it that way.

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sentient_loom 2 points 2 years ago

'Unusable' social media apps.

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maniel 1 point 2 years ago

Cool, most of the time THEY want ME to watch something on the platform, it's not like I come to Facebook to watch stupid shit