It will be no longer be possible to opt-out of having Reddit account usage tracked for the purposes of advertising.

https://lemmy.world/post/5838039

It will be no longer be possible to opt-out of having Reddit account usage tracked for the purposes of advertising. - Lemmy.world

>Removing the ability to opt-out of ad personalization based on your Reddit activity, except in select countries. Reddit requires very little personal information, and we like it that way. Our advertisers instead rely on on-platform activity—what communities you join, leave, upvotes, downvotes, and other signals—to get an idea of what you might be interested in. The vast majority of redditors will see no change to their ads on Reddit. For users who previously opted out of personalization based on Reddit activity, this change will not result in seeing more ads or sharing on-platform activity with advertisers. It does enable our models to better predict which ad may be most relevant to you.

except in select countries.

something’s telling me it’s the countries that make it a legal requirement to be able to opt out of profiling. praise be GDPR.

praise be GDPR.

Thanks, I almost forgot to request my data like I do every month at www.reddit.com/settings/data-request

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Why every month??
It costs Reddit $$
If many of us did it, yeah. For the occasional demand compared to their user base? Probably negligible costs.
That was the idea during the 3rd party kurfuffle