#NoFilter With Eyeo’s New Chief Product Officer

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#NoFilter With Eyeo’s New Chief Product Officer

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Feb 13, 2024

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Do people hate ads? No, according to Vegard Johnsen, who joined eyeo as chief product officer last summer after nearly a decade at Google. What people don’t like, he says, is having no real choice over what they see and not being treated with respect.

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Feb 13, 2024

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