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.
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.
Honestly, number 3 is the only thing that would have marginal impact. Consumers don’t have the time and energy to research every product to the depth required foe the first two.
You don’t need to go on a research project to see the personal info fields in a sign-up form.
For more complicated stuff, a labeling program would help.
On some products, these steps occur after you’ve purchased and opened the product and are setting it up.
1a. Exercise your right to return things that have invasive hidden requirements.
(And this is another area where a labeling program would help.)