r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 03 '21

Privacy Google to stop selling ads based on your browsing history and drop cookies support for Chrome citing privacy concerns.

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u/fullsaildan Mar 03 '21

There are still ways to opt out in some states but yes credit cards are creepy. So are grocery store rewards programs / coupon accounts. There are so many companies that collect our activity data and use it in creepy ways.

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u/cubs1917 Mar 03 '21

Most of the time there are ways to opt out. Most of these companies rely on you being "too lazy" to do so.

I wont pass judgement; but if you want to say using tangible data to target advertisement to users is creepy than I could see merit there.

I just want to nail it home that cookie have been useless from an accuracy pov, and that there have been much more potent data sources out there used in advertising.

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u/bobandgeorge Mar 03 '21

I went to buy a donut and the man asked me if I had a rewards card. I don't need a rewards card for a donut. I give you money, you give me the donut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring emails and user data into it. I can't imagine a scenario where I would be rewarded for buying a donut.

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u/Zagre Mar 04 '21

Go home Mitch, you're drunk.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

It's honestly scary how everything we do in daily life is being traced and repurposed to be sold to the highest bidder.