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https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23894023/reddit-opt-out-personalized-ads-privacy-update
Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads::Reddit is removing the ability for some users to opt out of ad personalization based on their activity on the platform, though some countries will be excluded from the change.
The solution is simple: opt out of Reddit entirely.
Thats literally illegal
Only in countries with functioning governments.
I mean yes but reddit actively advertised in Germany recently, and… Well we have some of the most serious privacy laws.
I already got permabanned from reddit for saying “cunt” so fuck that cunt website. I used to lament how terrible it was becoming but, now that I’ve removed myself from it, I’m just watching it crash and burn and enjoying every bit of it.
Soon the website will only be bots and shills and a few people who never say anything even slightly aggressive/controversial/opinionated/crass. A boring, sterile shell of its former self— just a safe space for advertisements.
Eat shit and die reddit!
Sometimes there’s just not a better word
I already got permabanned from reddit for saying “cunt” so fuck that cunt website.
It’s a date. See you next Tuesday.
Mark my words, where one tech bro goes, the others always follow. This is not a good sign.
I have seen this same headline about ten times this week. When will the regurgitation end?!?!?
Seriously
Reddit has adds ? Never seen one, uBlock doing its marvelous job…
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Reddit is removing the ability for some users to opt out of ad personalization based on their activity on the platform.
Announced on Wednesday alongside several incoming updates to its privacy, advertising, and location settings, Reddit’s head of privacy, Jutta Williams, justified the change by saying that Reddit “requires very little personal information” from its users and that it would allow the company to “better predict which ad may be most relevant to you.”
European countries might be exempt from the forced opt in as the change would likely bring Reddit into direct conflict with the EU’s GDPR rules, which require companies to get express permission to collect or process personal data for use in activities like advertising.
Meta recently carved out similar exceptions for European Facebook and Instagram users earlier this year to bring it into compliance with EU privacy laws.
The Reddit changes will also add the ability for users to see fewer ads from specific categories like gambling, alcohol, weight loss, and dating.
The company says that its process of combining manual tagging with machine learning to classify the ads isn’t likely to be 100 percent successful at first but expects it to improve over time.
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Genuine question:
Ignoring the legality (because dystopic present), why is this a big deal? It isn’t like they are not collecting that data if you toggle personalized ads off. And if I am on a permitlisted site, I would rather see ads that are at least somewhat related to me instead of the most generic stuff imaginable.
The collection of data is an ongoing and fucked up part of our dystopic present. But… toggling personalized ads does nothing about that.
Sharing and/or selling that data to third parties that do have personally identifiable information… now they know everything about your porn habits et al., that data is more easily leaked the wider it’s spread, you’re more easily doxxed/blackmailed, etc.
But you are assuming they stop collecting that data if you opt out of personalized ads. So … wanna buy a bridge?
You’re working on the assumption that they collect that data anyways and if they do then I kind of agree. But in the EU for example it would be illegal for them to collect that data so I sincerely hope theyre not doing that. Well, actually I kind of hope they are doing that and someone finds out about it.
Assuming that no one is breaking any laws here I’d rather get generic ads than targeted since I’m perfectly capable of making my own purchase decisions and don’t want to be manipulated into buying some garbage I don’t need. But more importantly, I don’t want some random companies out there having a detailed profile of me, that’s super dystopian to me. What if that falls into the wrong hands? Oh wait, it would already be in the wrong hands.
schwim@reddthat.com 1 year ago
You can still opt out by not visiting the site, which I encourage everyone to try.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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infectoid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I also encourage people to repost content from Reddit to Lemmy. It’s free estate!
It’s also morally and ethically sound.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Yeah, I’ve opted out of Reddit myself.
NegativeCool@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Came here to say this.