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		TekMol on March 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Josh Wardle created Wordle as part of an ongoing q... Is the NYT already monetizing it? If not, I think it is too early to tell. I don't see any ads while playing it. It loads a lot of scripts from what seem to be advertising related domains though: `insight.adsrvr.org platform.iteratehq.com static.chartbeat.net sb.scorecardresearch.com tags.bluekai.com tags.bkrtx.com www.googletagmanager.com analytics.twitter.com c.bing.com googleads.g.doubleclick.net sync-tm.everesttech.net www.google.com` Are they already making money from this or what are all these external scripts about?

charcircuit on March 17, 2022 [–]

Those are all for various analytics.

autoexec on March 17, 2022 | [–]

They;re still trackers and there's no reason to think that data collected for "analytics" isn't also used for "advertising", or for "selling to the highest bidder if we get desperate enough for money".

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