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Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope Google gets split up, that'll probably be the beginning of the end for targeted ads (I would hope)

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wouldn't think thats how they are splitting it up ... Basically just affecting market shares of some markets (targeted ads being one of them + the ecosystem pushing you into it).

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought chrome, yt, search, gmail/docs, android, etc. would all be separate entities, making them less willing to share data for financial reasons

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Hm, yes, but their entire goal is to expand advertising - more volume is good for all these same alphabet entities, even if they "lose" (not really) something on pricing.

Also I hope the search engine somehow gets split up too.