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  • in_the_dark_forest@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    I wonder though if pressing “skip” is a good idea in terms of privacy / not giving them what they want. I don’t think this was implemented for our “convienience” and rather as yet another manipulation technique.

    Just some ideas what I assume they achieve by this:

    • By pressing it you have to divert your attention towards the ad, even if it is just for a short time.

    • You might unintentionally signal your preferences which could be used for profile enrichment

    • You also provide information, that you are still actively at the device an watching (I assume ad providers have more interest on having more/longer ads on content that is actively watched)