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submitted 2 months ago by Mwallerby@startrek.website to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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(also this feels hella iffy legally speaking)

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[–] Micromot@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was surprised it was legal in the EU when Instagram started doing it. I promptly deleted it right after.

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not, corporations' bad faith interpretation of the law doesn't make it legal.

[–] Mwallerby@startrek.website 15 points 2 months ago

Doesn't help much in the UK unfortunately

Yet another of the endless benefits of Brexit! /s

[–] okr765@lemmy.okr765.com 19 points 2 months ago

uBlock Origin seems to do a pretty good job at rejecting personalized adverts.

[–] ElderReflections@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looking for option 3: Accept and spam the tracking endpoint with randomised data every 15ms

[–] Vuraniute@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

IIRC theres a Firefox extension that automates this in the background. I dont remember the name, though.

[–] ThemboMcBembo 2 points 2 months ago

AdNauseum!

[–] averyminya 1 points 2 months ago

Is it the one that clicks on every ad and feeds it junk data?

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

These ad companies must have everyone by the balls with how they have no reaction to consumer pushback.