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  • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eetoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It’s ‘Terrifying.’
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    5 months ago

    Using a browser instead of the YouTube app?

    Bingo. I’m using Chrome app on WinX desktop. (and yes, I’m a total idiot who’s taken too long to switch over to FF & linux)

    Amazon too, along with many other services. There’s a ClearURLs Firefox add-on to remove them automatically.

    Cool. Myself, I just manually clear that tracking rubbish in the URL field, but I get that such is way easier on desktop browser.

    You’re using Google, that’s about as wrong as it gets in the privacy space.

    And I’m also using Gmail! :S
    So just for gits & shiggles-- how badly would you say I might be hurt by my foolishness, at this rate?

    @nebula224@mastodon.social

    Btw, Nebula-- are you able to federate back and forth with Mastodon & Lemmy as a single stream? I’d love to see that.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Reddit abandons user privacy - Ars TechnicaEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Brand recognition and memory triggers is what big brand ads are about.

    Cleanex, Hoover, Coke, most cologne/perfume ads, Old Spice…

    Late reply, but-- the above makes much sense to me when it comes to inexperienced / first-time buyers of a product. And/or buyers who simply get in to a rut and keep buying that product without trying anything else out.

    But for everyone else, I would think they sample enough tissues, sodas, perfumes, etc to gain an understanding of the ins & outs of a product, settling on choices which best represent their favorites / desired price point. For bigger-cost stuff like vacuum cleaners, I’m thinking people in this group also learn to use review resources to evaluate best choices rather than buy a Hoover just because some ads ran.

    So what does this all mean? Aside from overlap between these two groups, that there’s enough revenue being produced by the former childlike group such that ad systems can afford to almost completely ignore the latter, more adult group…?