Audiophile Style and User Tracking Code

[The Computer Audiophile]

21 hours ago, lucretius said:

Does this mean that members without subscriptions are subject to user tracking code from Audiophile Style?  Thanks.  

We use Google Analytics for our tracking code. The amount of data Google actually gives us as publishers is incredibly small compared to what it collects. Over the years this data has also become close to meaningless as it's blocked so easily. When I look at the percentage of readers who block Google Analytics code here on AS, I frequently ask myself why I still have it enabled. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Just received this email from AVTech Media (Stereophile, etc...). It made me think of this thread with respect to information collecting and worse. It looks like AVTech Media is renting out everyone's information. "Targeted list Rental" and "psychographic list rental" dont' sound like anything I want a part of. 

 

P.S. Did they really use Comic Sans for this?

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

4 minutes ago, kumakuma said:

 

Of course, AVTech Media is renting out their subscriber lists. It's how they can basically give away subscriptions to their magazines.

 

By the way, almost all magazines do the same thing:

 

https://lists.nextmark.com 

 

Yuck.

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, MikeyFresh said:

The lists available for rental are for postal address marketing, for example the Stereophile list is probably rented by the likes of MusicDirect or Acoustic Sounds a couple of times per year, to send qualified high affinity prospects a catalog via the USPS. No big deal.

Your glasses are a bright rose color :~)