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troupo 58 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The advertising cartel coming to your web browser

> many users seem to prefer a free ad-supported funding model over a paid, ad-free model.

You don't need pervasive and invasive tracking and wholesale trading of your data to display advertising.

Ajedi32 56 days ago [–]

Correct. The whole point of this proposal (and other related ones like FloC/the topics API) is to get rid of the former while preserving the effectiveness of the latter.

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