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Elliot Kirk I totally get that nothing is free, I understand the need for ads if you don´t pay a fee to be in a website, I also understand the need for the ones who put the ads to have some metrics on it, otherwise there´s no way of knowing if the campaign is working, up to that point I'm ok with it.
What I don´t like, and I think it should be something of an option, is to browse one day about VW Beetle classic dashboards, maybe just because I was having a conversation with a friend about it, and the next day I´m receiving articles about VW Beetles and being offered products for VW Beetles... **bleep**!... It´s like when you go to a store and you have the salesman glued to you, asking if he can be of any assistance and trying to find out what you want and offering help at every step. Some people like that kind of attention, others don´t... So maybe some people like that thing about receiving info related to their browsing habits, others don´t. Personally I like to do my own navigation, my own searches, take my time, and decide when I need something.
JoseOrtega I believe thats the function of cookies, to track what you've been looking for and then show you advertising about that thing. So one way to stop that is to delete cookies, and also in settings in your google account you can change the advertising settings, so it shows you ads, but not according to your search history. / Creo que esa es la funcion de las cookies, graba tus busquedas y luego te trae publicidad sobre eso, lo que puedes hacer es eliminar las cookies de vez en cuando, o configurar el explorador que no las guarde. Tambien puedes desactivar la personalizacion de anuncios en tu cuenta de google, arriba donde sale tu foto de perfil en el buscador, estan las opciones, te metes a cuenta y luego a privacidad y personalización. Saludos.
- Can pick whether ads are tailored to you or not.
Just have an ad blocker
Cheers,
DrewDrew1903 Thank you, but I´m not looking to block everything, just don´t want to be offered things according to what I happen to read or look for.
- Yes, that was kind of my point, but for what I gather, he doesn't want the adblocker, becuase is fair for the websites to make money out of ads., just not tailored. Without the adblocker, deleting cookies or changing configuration in google, is a way to go.
Regards.EdgarG You´re right, besides, there´s a lot of sites nowadays that ask you to whitelist them if you run an ad blocker which is annoying. I´ll try your suggestions.
