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Why do I like to avoid the ad networks? It’s partly because I’m easily distracted, and I don’t want more distractions.
But it’s mostly a matter of principle. I prefer to live my life as I wish, without being tracked, packaged, and my attention sold. I want to be left alone to pursue my own version of happiness, instead of the mass, or even highly targeted, marketing version.
One more point. If you are engaged in activities that powerful entities don’t like, my strategies are woefully inadequate. I avoid ads, not nation-state surveillance. But that’s my level of concern, and it works for me.
Courteous comments welcome, of course.
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