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> Some may argue that there's no need to be dramatic and that there's nothing wrong in seeing an occasional ad every now and then.

Not just that, it also means having thousands of companies know every show or movie you ever watched:

> [tv manufacturer] shared IP addresses of its consumers with the data aggregators who then would find a person or a household to which it belonged.



Also, knowing which ads you've seen is more valuable than the shows you've watched. Think how much advertisers are paying TV manufacturers to know the conversion rate of their latest TV ads.




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