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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (14 children)

I really wish we had a simulated world sandbox to try these ideas out in. I suspect this might lead to the end of most free websites.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago (9 children)

TV never targeted commercials directly at "Dave Smith, likes fishing and interracial porn, lives in Chesterfield, searched for new cameras recently", but they still operated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did you entirely miss Nielsen and the data they gave to advertisers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Could we go back to that? Paying people to install spyware box behind their router?

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