> Selling of buttons on remotes absolutely does not involve 'tracking and then selling viewing habits'.
Yes it certainly does.
1) sell button on remote
2) user presses button
3) sell information about button presses.
> The homescreen ads may or may not involve any tracking - I suspect they likely do not - they're billboards, and they involve showing ads to users but not tracking their viewing.
Oh yeah and the ads on your computer definitely are also only just like billboards.
It's certainly not profitable at all to know who's watching what when selling advertisement space. It's certainly not capable at all of determining specific names/addresses just from an advertisement load.
> > Selling of buttons on remotes absolutely does not involve 'tracking and then selling viewing habits'.
> Yes it certainly does.
> 1) sell button on remote
> 2) user presses button
> 3) sell information about button presses.
I'm not sure whether this is putting the cart before the horse, but it is likely that tracking button presses and other user interactions is providing the necessary data to make the sale of the button in the first place, and/or the revenue from the button is contingent on tracked button presses (ie. CPC or CPA).
> it is likely that tracking button presses and other user interactions is providing the necessary data to make the sale of the button in the first place
Yeah sure. But there's a better solution: don't sell the button. Don't report what buttons were pressed. Don't invade your user's privacy.
Yes it certainly does.
1) sell button on remote
2) user presses button
3) sell information about button presses.
> The homescreen ads may or may not involve any tracking - I suspect they likely do not - they're billboards, and they involve showing ads to users but not tracking their viewing.
Oh yeah and the ads on your computer definitely are also only just like billboards.
It's certainly not profitable at all to know who's watching what when selling advertisement space. It's certainly not capable at all of determining specific names/addresses just from an advertisement load.
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