
Originally Posted by
Mid
Some analysts argue that wiping out all online tracking would undermine the economic model of the Internet.
Somebody ought to explain to the anal cysts that the Internet came before their economic model.

Originally Posted by
Mid
ITIF analyst Daniel Castro said most consumers do not object to online tracking if they understand that ads support the websites they visit.
"You can't say you don't want targeted advertising but you do want free access to websites," Castro said.
Somebody needs to tell this assclown to STFU. He has free access to the 'websites' because of a guy who invented the www and distributed it for free.
I think I'd be quite happy to see all advertising removed from the web/internet, fortunately a few lines in my /etc/hosts file does most of that for me.