Comment by GordonS
3 years ago
I actually think something like the Topics API could work - but with some pretty big changes.
Firstly, it's a "hell no" from me on my browser recording what I'm doing and insinuating my interests. At the very least, I'd want to be able to disable that.
Secondly, I want to be able to see the topics that are chosen.
Finally, I want to be able to edit/set these topics myself.
If you can edit/set these, what's the point in having any of this? If they want to know your interests they could just ask and accept no as a valid answer. The iOS changes proved that people do not want to be tracked, I think.
The point would be standardisation - you set preferences once in your browser, rather than on several sites in several different ways.
FWIW, I too do not want to be tracked, and so I use an ad blocker etc. I'm thinking more along the lines of improving things for those that don't mind so much - those that accept the "deal" of ads in exchange for content.