This is a very interesting development; pay an extra $15 an
Amazon will turn off any ads that appear on the new Kindle Fire tablet. Yes, the firm is bowing to
criticism but I wonder how many people care? Personally, I think it’s worth a
small investment to eliminate the ads (I would do it on my iPhone or computer
in a heartbeat). And as a paid
subscriber to the New York Times, I feel the same option should be present.
Although I am an admirer of Google (and someone who runs AdWords campaigns for
clients), I always found it a little creepy that I am being marketed too based
on the places I visit online, emails I receive or comments I post (which is why
I set my computer to delete all cookies after my browser is closed and I delete
cookies manually from my cell daily). Companies like Facebook plan on making a
living by “personally marketing” to you but does anyone feel that’s an
advantage or appreciate this service? I
know what I want, I know what I like and if I need advice, I will seek it out. I
do not want to be followed all over the web. I would pay a lifetime fee to eliminate all
ads that appear on my mobile or computer. How does anyone else feel?
John - i agree with you. We live in an "ad world" and it is really becoming a luxury to be able to escape it. I wish we could have more options available to get rid of them.
ReplyDeleteA while ago, I also felt very much the same about "personalized marketing" BUT i now have a fairly different view on the subject. It seems like "personalized Marketing" actually works well with me because I realize I now click on ads much more often that what I used to do. And sometimes those ads have actually been quite helpful to me: for example, i was recently able to find a specialized Insurance company and tax accounting firm thanks to some ads that were targeted to me. So instead of viewing some uninteresting ads, i now view more interesting ads. This is a positive! (even if it remains quite scary...)