Comment on Reddit's new paid ads look exactly like user posts

notapantsday@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s illegal here in Germany. Ads need to be clearly recognizable as such.

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  • Yamayo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s an European law, thankfully.

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  • Madeyro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So they will serve different frontend for different people based on location?

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    • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Honestly, I expect them to just remain in violation, unless they get sued or reprimanded by one of our user protection organisations.

      But yeah, they can serve different frontends or just with different configuration for different user groups. They probably do that already, e.g. to display a cookie banner for users in the EU.

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    • Miaou@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yup. Just moving between German and French websites can be a pain in the ass. Default filters in shops, prices with or without taxes displayed first for professional things, different menus etc. They can be different in the most subtle ways, which is way worse imo.

      Don’t get me started on websites who think they know better than you which website you’d like to visit. Stop redirecting me based on my IP or language settings! OK now I’m just venting sorry

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      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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        (/s, but I hope that was obvious)

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