How is this "corrupt", or "greedy"? How is this "invasive"?
Certainly, it's opportunist - but that's most of the free market. It's people developing new products and services and trying to sell them to you, and marketing/advertising is how they get it to you. If they can do that cheaper/better, then that'll be reflected in the cost of the product. You seem quite happy to use Facebook's services, but not happy at the way they are funding the services they deliver to you. The alternative is that Facebook (or whatever site you're using) is going to have to develop an alternate business model, or you just don't use Facebook. Just like everything else in the market place. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Sunday, 1 December 2013 2:21 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Facebook advertising No, it's a security and privacy issue. I refuse to change the way I think about something corrupt, greedy, invasive and opportunist, and so should you. On 1 December 2013 10:57, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com<mailto:step...@perthprojects.com>> wrote: Its called targeted advertising. If you don't want to see ads, the use an ad blocker, or don't use the internet. If you don't want them tracking you then don't use search engines. Or don't use the internet. Personally, I want things. If there is something cool out there that I want to buy and i'm happy to give them my money for it, but I don't know it exists, then I want them to tell me about it. That's targeted advertising that I want. If I see an ad for something that i don't want, then they have missed their mark. Advertising is a fine balance between hitting and missing that mark. Blanket advertising is easier and cheaper but more likely to annoy. Targeted advertising that is accurate is more expensive but if accurate enough, then untrusting people will get annoyed. I assert your relationship to money is your problem here. How you think about money and how untrusting you are that people are trying to take your money off you has you feel this way. If you thought there was an abundance of money then why would you care if someone was trying to take your money? On the other hand if you live your life as if there is a shortage of money and you have to protect what you have at all costs, then these ads will look very suspicious to you. Remember money does not exist in the real world. Its a conversation constructed by humans. Do you think your cat gives a flying damn about how much money you have? Do you think your cat gets annoyed at the advertising on your TV? If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it then change how you think of it. Or get off the internet. ;)
