Come on, ban ALL data collection for ads. This will be good for privacy, and for the environment. The internet will save enormous amounts on power and hardware.
It’s insane that this is even needed. Show me ads for things relevant to the content of the web page and nothing else. If I’m reading about furnace filters, sure, show me an ad for buying furnace filters, I might buy from you, but don’t follow me around for 2 weeks shoving furnace filter ads in my face. If I’m not reading about them anymore, I’ve moved on.
The added benefit of this approach for advertisers would be that you can literally embed the ads in the page, making ad-blockers ineffective. They literally chose the worst method for everyone involved.
Come on, ban ALL data collection for ads. This will be good for privacy, and for the environment. The internet will save enormous amounts on power and hardware.
It’s insane that this is even needed. Show me ads for things relevant to the content of the web page and nothing else. If I’m reading about furnace filters, sure, show me an ad for buying furnace filters, I might buy from you, but don’t follow me around for 2 weeks shoving furnace filter ads in my face. If I’m not reading about them anymore, I’ve moved on.
The added benefit of this approach for advertisers would be that you can literally embed the ads in the page, making ad-blockers ineffective. They literally chose the worst method for everyone involved.
Damn, I hadn’t even thought about the environment impact! Is there any research quantifying that?
There is, even though they are estimates. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2347683-online-adverts-estimated-to-use-as-much-energy-as-a-small-country/