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Originally Posted by BWinmill
I'm not a fan of advertising to start with, especially in the online era, since I find that advertisers tend to pigeonhole people in a deliberate attempt to limit our world-view (to coincide with their products).
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I love targeted ads. If I'm shopping for something and you have a unique product or an outstanding price, I want to know about it.
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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Another issue is that I work with other people's children and tend to play it safe with what I bring into the classroom. I can control the books on my ereader, so that's not a problem. I cannot control the ads, so that is a problem. Yes, it is an issue. I've seen teachers bring materials into the classroom without pre-screening it, and they have suffered through a few non-so-comfortable moments because of advertising on scraps of newspaper.
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I applaud your principle here, but you're urinating into a strong wind. Children are targeted from birth and schools are entirely complicit. From posters in the corridors to TV in the classroom to sponsorship of athletic events to fundraisers, there is no shortage of marketing in our schools. Apple has subsidized classroom use of their products since day 1. Of course, the schools mostly promote themselves. From guidance offices that resemble travel agencies to electioneering, Big E is using children to market their products.
I teach my kids to use the ads as data to be collected and processed as part of a decision making process. I think that works best.
To their credit, Amazon has provided offer supported and offer free versions of their readers. Schools, parents, and consumers have the option of not being targeted. As long as this continues, I'm good and it sounds like you are too.
One thing, though -- no whining about paying $30 more to not be targeted, OK?