Black Hole
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In my view, targeted advertising is fine and funds the on-line services we all take for granted as being "free", so long as it is anonymised. In other words the advertiser shouldn't know where the advert is going, only that it has gone to somebody. I would be more concerned if when I bought something on my credit card (say), somebody could tell I am Black Hole on this forum, what my phone number is, and what I like to eat for breakfast.
Without this funding, services will have to monetise in some other way, and I don't think subscription is the way to go. Micropayments might work, if a de facto infrastructure emerges, but that doesn't address the loss of facility for small businesses to get their products "out there" using push advertising.
Without this funding, services will have to monetise in some other way, and I don't think subscription is the way to go. Micropayments might work, if a de facto infrastructure emerges, but that doesn't address the loss of facility for small businesses to get their products "out there" using push advertising.