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		seydor on Nov 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The rise of influencer capital > These influencers are taking over an increasingly large slice of promotional budgets Here is what people have been asking for. Instead of tracking people and invading their privacy, real life becomes ads. Better?

kibwen on Nov 15, 2022 [–]

It strikes me as naive to think that "real life becomes ads" would in any way preclude the acceleration of tracking and the continued destruction of privacy.

Ad companies: "¿Por qué no los dos?"

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