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TL;DR: Reddit is removing the option to opt out of ad personalization, targeting ads based on user activity. Some specific ad categories can still be limited, but there's no more opt-out option.

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[–] krimson@feddit.nl 142 points 1 year ago (23 children)

I have the feeling the whole internet is turning into shit rapidly. Youtube is crap, Reddit is crap, everything you use needs a cloud account, my doorbell is sending me notifications about a new product, wtf is up with that. I paid for that thing and now you send me ads? Pisses me off. This corporate greed is getting too much.

[–] KlausVonLechland 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are upsides to it, like me spending considerably less time on the random internet surfing because my annoyance overshadows my dopamine kick.

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

Conversely, I'm so opposed to the enshitification that I've carefully tailored my internet usage to places that aren't shit and have no prospect of becoming shit, like Lemmy. Since I don't even have the motivation of not supporting an evil company, I'm more addicted that ever.

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