• absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
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    1 day ago

    Television ads are a grey area, they don’t tend to track you and follow you around in a creepy way.

    Sponsored content, is in my opinion very similar to TV ads, the sponsor is the same for all viewer of the vid in a similar way to TV.

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      6 hours ago

      They didn’t track before the introduction of cable boxes with phone-home capabilities, at any rate.