Can You Control Ads On Facebook? - Comments Page 2

The ads are one problem, the data accumulated about a user of fb is another and really creepy. I will now use fb and then close it, assuming it cannot track me if their software is not open. Is that a correct notion? I will save this article to guide me through fb settings. I like being anonymous much of the time. Definitely creepy, this runaway train.

I closed FB account about 5 yrs ago as it was just a time sink. I wonder what a Pi-Hole DNS would do for people who use it.

As someone said, if you're not paying, you're the product! The users are not the customer here; the advertisers are. Seriously, does anyone expect Facebook to provide their platform for nothing? Seeing the adverts is the price you pay for using social media for free. You can just ignore them; I don't think I have ever bought anything on the basis of an online advert pushed at me like this. So you do ultimately have control!

I wish I could control the ads on Ask Bob Rankin!

I use Adblock Plus, which eliminates almost all ads everywhere, as well as Disable HTML5 Autoplay to get rid of auto playing ads almost everywhere.......I have become a master at totally ignoring all other ads that do manage to sneak through...

I use Social Fixer on Facebook. I can block just about anything I don't want to see on my time-line and home page... ads, sponsored posts, suggested/related stuff, political etc stuff and the very annoying "trending".
There is also an app "Friendly" for mobile devices.

Bob, It has long been a dream of mine that I could invoice those organizations who take control of my hard drive for uploads and place all sorts of unwanted data on MY PC's, laptops and smartphones. Is there not some way to charge the likes of FB, Google, and others for using up OUR disk space? If not then this is a business opportunity for one of those smart software gurus to create such a programme.
Regards,
George