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The $300B Google-Meta advertising duopoly is under...
No, the only way to not be the product is to not provide PII to big tech, or their downstreams that immediately shuttle your PII to big tech.
tsimionescu
on Sept 18, 2022
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Advertising doesn't technically need PII, any kind of II is enough (PII typically refers to things like your name or face or address).
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Every app these days requires your unique and unchanging advertising identifier to log in. You can’t get an Apple ID or Google account, or order a pizza or make a dinner reservation without it.
You might know it as your phone number.
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