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troupoyesterday at 3:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

> but it might also be "you can have this content for free".

ads don't require invasve and pervasive tracking


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jamiequintyesterday at 8:06 PM

Effective ads absolutely require knowing more about the user than the context on the page it's a 1-2 orders of magnitude revenue difference for the publisher per-impression.

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alt227yesterday at 4:14 PM

You seem to have missed the point. No ads dont require those things, but companies could start offering content in return for those things instead of ads.

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