PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads

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PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads
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TL;DR: Reddit is removing the option to opt out of ad personalization, targeting ads based on user activity. Some specific ad categories can still be limited, but there's no more opt-out option.

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They will not be forcing me to accept personalized ads. How are they going to personalize them when I have no reddit account, block their cookies, use a VPN and change my IP address often, and don't use their website.

Isn't it sad that we have to do all this to prevent our information being spread around the corporate world like a virus

They should teach defensive web-browsing in schools.

Well if you don't use their website you aren't a user.