There was a thread in 2014 called "Ask HN: AdSense alternatives?" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7673680<p>Now that GDPR is in place as well as similar laws in different countries, I wonder what are the options / platforms that exist in order to enable a website to monetize its traffic via ads while respecting users privacy and avoiding cookie banners.
Contexual ads [0]. Alternatively anonymized analytics (i.e. you don't store personal data, IPs, do fingerprinting etc.)<p>And, as you might know, you're required to get permission before dropping any cookies that are not strictly required for the core functionality of the site (which does not include ads).<p>[0]: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/opinion/facebook-google-privacy.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/opinion/facebook-google-p...</a>