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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Advertising signs next to a road are both targeted and privacy respecting, just like radio/tv.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That's a really good point.

However the company that Mozilla just purchased was about targeted advertisement campaigns.. "data-driven advertisements"

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 8 points 4 months ago

Yeah I'm aware, I just reacted to the general statement about advertising that was untrue imho.

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

They are worth nothing compared to targeted ads online that know your soul.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's not what digital advertising is though.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 4 months ago

The person I reacted to didn't talk about only digital advertising