Saturday, 28 March 2020

Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising?

quote [ Let’s pretend it really happened. Imagine Congress passed a law tomorrow morning that banned companies from doing any ad microtargeting whatsoever. Close your eyes and picture what life would be like if the leading business model of the internet were banished from existence. How would things be different?
[…]
Netflix could still surmise that your life has felt empty ever since you finished season 7 of the Great British Baking Show, and suggest the appropriate spinoffs. ]

Nice summary, except maybe for the annoying Brave browser promo at the end.
[SFW] [Big Brother] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@7:46pmGMT]

Comments

hellboy said @ 9:57pm GMT on 28th Mar
Because there's no +1 I Fucking Wish.

I'm with Bill Hicks on this.

Bill Hicks on Marketing

rndmnmbr said @ 7:28am GMT on 29th Mar [Score:1 Sad]
God, imagine if he had seen the last 20 years...
Hugh E. said @ 3:00am GMT on 29th Mar
This clip actually makes me like Don Draper.

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