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0 pointsfalsaberN12y ago0 comments

Problem is that they show you the notebook after you have purchased one. The car after you bought one. Medical services after you get back from the hospital.

Your ability to discover relevant products from targeted advertisement is flawed to begin with.

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flanked-evergl2y ago

Having non-personalized ads won't really change this though. I would still have poorly targeted personal ads instead of entirely random ads.

falsaberN1OP2y ago

I'd rather have random ads have a chance to show me something I want that targeted ads showing me something I already stopped wanting. EDIT: I'd add, I never get ads for stuff like food, which are the ads that work for me on TV ("That looks good, I might try that") but online I only get ads for tech products, usually ones I don't need (because I do my homework and found something better) or I already use. Let's not get into products not available for purchase in my country...

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0 pointsfalsaberN12y ago0 comments

Problem is that they show you the notebook after you have purchased one. The car after you bought one. Medical services after you get back from the hospital.

Your ability to discover relevant products from targeted advertisement is flawed to begin with.

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flanked-evergl2y ago

Having non-personalized ads won't really change this though. I would still have poorly targeted personal ads instead of entirely random ads.

falsaberN1OP2y ago

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