{sarcasm} Yeah, it's been absolutely devastating!But all the world's small businesses have gone bust
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Facebook Reports Record Ad Revenue for Q2 2021, Despite Apple's iOS Privacy Changes
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Advertisers are subhuman scum. Like your example, they think they’re being clever but really aren’t.
I’ve noticed some new in-app adverts by Google have 2 stages. As if forcing me to click close before showing another 5 seconds of advert is going to endear me to whatever product they’re showing.
Precisely. I think people too often forget this. I have done this many times as a consumer.
Ignorant post. Imagine seeing an ad company make record billions in profits and then asking yourself “why do companies do online ads?”
Tbh, when I was looking for a job I found my job on IT Support through an online ad (It was from the same job portal I was looking through before.), but yeah, thanks to this ad I found the job.
Sure, but from the startup side, in particular—which is the way FB initially framed the argument that Apple was the "bad guy"—the issue was that ads would no longer be as effective at driving users to the startup's product. This is basically admitting that Apple's move to cut off their dodgy data practices would render FB ads less effective and thus, quite literally, less valuable to the startup. In any sane universe, a service that delivered less value would be considered a less valuable product and have a reduced price as a result. But afaik the advertising didn't get cheaper, just less effective. Same price, degraded product.
Why am I not surprised that Facebook was lying about the consequences of Apple’s privacy efforts?
"Facebook Reports Record Ad Revenue for Q2 2021 Despite Apples iOS Privacy Changes"
The iOS privacy thing was about an app selling your data to a 3rd party, right? And it lets people disallow tracking across different apps.
Well... Facebook is a 1st party selling ads inside their own app.
And there are billions of eyeballs using that app.
So I'm definitely not shocked by their ad revenue numbers.
The iOS privacy thing was about an app selling your data to a 3rd party, right? And it lets people disallow tracking across different apps.
Well... Facebook is a 1st party selling ads inside their own app.
And there are billions of eyeballs using that app.
So I'm definitely not shocked by their ad revenue numbers.
Incorrect, if you use something at the device level you won’t see ads anywhere including the mobile apps. I don’t see ads anywhere on my phone or tablet. Also, no tracking cookies as well.
I honestly don't get this (meaning the obvious hate) and I hope you would be able to explain it to me. As a full disclosure, I am far from being fan of Facebook but I do know a lot of people who use it a lot. What exactly is your problem? I can only assume that no one forces you to download it and use it (any of the Facebook apps) then what is really the issue here? Do you not think that there should be an option for people who don't share your views to use these apps? And if they do use these apps, again.... how does that effect you? You have all the options available to not have anything to do with Facebook at all. There are many companies I really don't like so I never use their apps and stay away from them. Simple! So again why it must die? I am genuinely curious to know.
Facebook isn't being hurt by the privacy on IOS 14.. It's being placed on the marketers/businesses who want to generate growth. Ad firms and marketers are having to 3-5x what they usually would in AD spend to get the same amount of users, which means more money for FB.
I never get online ads on my apps or browser when I enable ad blocking thru my VPN. Is amazing more people don’t use it, is so simple.
As a consumer I have to slightly disagree about the wonders of targeted ads.
Before "targeted ads" was a thing, we organically had what I would call "relevant ads" based on context.
If I pick up a HiFi magazine today I mostly find ads about HiFi related stuff = what I´m in the mood for / looking to read about. It even adds to the experience and I can even appreciate the ads for showing me something new I might have missed. This is basically how online ads use to work as well before we received "targeted ads".
Today, instead of "informative-"/"relevant ads" about the topic I'm interested in,
I basically just get my browser history thrown back at me wherever I go.
It doesn't matter if I'm reading about cars, cats or computers,
I still get the same ad for that thing on Amazon that I didn't want to buy two weeks ago.
I miss "relevant ads"
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As a consumer I have to slightly disagree about the wonders of targeted ads.
Before "targeted ads" was a thing, we organically had what I would call "relevant ads" based on context.
If I pick up a HiFi magazine today I mostly find ads about HiFi related stuff = what I´m in the mood for- / looking to read about. It even adds to the experience and I can even appreciate the ads for showing me something new I might have missed. This is basically how online ads use to work as well before we received "targeted ads".
Today, instead of "informative-"/"relevant ads" about the topic I'm interested in,
I basically just get my browser history thrown back at me wherever I go.
It doesn't matter if I'm reading about cars, cats or computers,
I still get the same ad for that thing on Amazon that I didn't want to buy two weeks ago.
I miss "relevant ads"
It reminds me of that old joke:
"I looked for a pair of pants online... and now those pants are following me all over the internet!"
Facebook must think I love 80's T-shirts... because I see those ads all the time in the Facebook app.
I've never purchased anything from those sites. But the mere fact that I visited them must mean I'm still interested (?)
