alt Hacker News> No one _wants_ to be tracked
Plenty of people seem to genuinely believe that “personalized ads” are good for them.
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drfloyd51 • today at 1:40 PM
I think getting ads that are relevant to me is better than compete nonsense. BUT, I also don’t want to give advertisers any information to do it. (Maybe A.S.L. is ok to share?)
Yes. I know my two thoughts are in conflict, for the advertisers. Too bad for them. Figure it out.
Jaxan • today at 9:06 AM
They are told to believe that.
PunchyHamster • today at 9:37 AM
and yet if they had question prompted to them even most of them would click "no"
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No-one is too absolute, but could ne used as a rough rule of thumb.
Depending on the study, 0.16% to 7% want to get tracked.
https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2025-07/Pay_or_Okay_Repo...