Besides Chrome, Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative is on Android to let apps show you relevant ads in a more private manner. The beta started earlier this year, and Google is now prompting more users about it with new Ad privacy settings.

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      Speaking generally about ads, the issue is that people (a) don’t like ads, but (b) also don’t like paying for things that could be ad-supported. And the money for things that are ad-supported is going to come from one place or another, or they won’t be done.

      Wanting to get rid of ads is a legitimate preference – but I’m saying that that probably comes with paying for something that wasn’t paid for before.

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        My experience with so many things starting as pay instead of ads, but then ads being added over time, is why I reject ads outright. I don’t trust companies to not double dip.

        That said, I do pay for streaming services to avoid ads and refuse to pay for the ones that still have ads after paying.

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      I am ok with ads personally as long as it is context based ads with no data collections. So If I visit a tech website, I get tech ads. I understand running these servers cost money. Either you pay or ads. Currently, the issue is privacy.

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      See, this is what I think people get wrong about ad tech: the problem are not the ads themselves, but the tracking. I’m completely fine with ads, as long as I’m not tracked by their provider

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      Well are you willing to pay for every site you visit?

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    If we assume the phone is my hardware. It needs to act in my best interest. So if I don’t have the option to not see ads? Then is it really acting in my best interest?

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    That’s what they’re trying to sell you on, but it’s way more privacy invasive and this was boycotted pretty heavily already

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      I remember being convinced this is worse than the status quo but that was a year ago and I can’t remember the major concerns now.