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Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites

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582 points SweetSoftPillow | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.341s | source
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rustc ◴[22 Oct 25 12:29 UTC] No.45668037[source]▶
Or just ban this kind of data collection. Is there any reason anyone would willingly click "Accept" when a website asks to share your data with 500+ partner sites?
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jjcm ◴[22 Oct 25 18:12 UTC] No.45673000[source]▶
> Or just ban this kind of data collection

Targeted ads generally bring in 3x the revenue of generic ads. Personally speaking, I'd rather have 1/3rd the ads on a page and allow my data to be tracked. I don't mind my data being tracked, and I'd rather see ads for keyboards / mens clothes (what I buy) than diapers / ladies shoes (who knows what tomorrow holds, but this is not what I'm buying at the moment).

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1. move-on-by ◴[22 Oct 25 18:34 UTC] No.45673293[source]▶
1. Targeted ads being more profitable has no relevance to the number of ads on the page. Advertisers will always try to maximize the number of ads and potential profits regardless of profitability.

2. Contextual ads are not targeted and would not be showing you adverts for diapers or ladies shoes- unless you are reading about diapers or ladies shoes.