1. Even if you start out without tracking, the incentives will eventually push towards doing whatever increases returns.
2. Only if your idea of news is the propaganda and corporate press releases pushed these days. I prefer my news to come from impartial sources, not those extracting enough profits that they can throw it on ads.
3. It may not sell the data directly to the advertise but it must by design be able to leak some information about you. And that's before getting to full on malware shipped with ads. It also doesn't matter who my data is leaked to, I don't want it collected in the first place.
4. If ads weren't profitable no one would run them. Your paying for them by being manipulated into doing or thinking what the advertiser wants. Thinking ads are free for the users is beyond naive.
5. Being able to choose not do do business with double dippers doens't make it not double dipping.
6. No, hiding the psychological manipulation more effectively does not make it any less wrong.
There is nothing to discuss. I do not give consent. You don't get to ignore that.
2. Only if your idea of news is the propaganda and corporate press releases pushed these days. I prefer my news to come from impartial sources, not those extracting enough profits that they can throw it on ads.
3. It may not sell the data directly to the advertise but it must by design be able to leak some information about you. And that's before getting to full on malware shipped with ads. It also doesn't matter who my data is leaked to, I don't want it collected in the first place.
4. If ads weren't profitable no one would run them. Your paying for them by being manipulated into doing or thinking what the advertiser wants. Thinking ads are free for the users is beyond naive.
5. Being able to choose not do do business with double dippers doens't make it not double dipping.
6. No, hiding the psychological manipulation more effectively does not make it any less wrong.
There is nothing to discuss. I do not give consent. You don't get to ignore that.