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Re:Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethica... by AmericanChopper on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:47AM (#25109917)
I always just figured that was because it’s much easier to figure out that I was looking for a vacuum cleaner than it is to know that I’ve already purchased one and don’t need to be targeted any more. Especially if the “looking for a vacuum” signal gets spread further, to more systems/parties, than the “doesn’t need one anymore” signal does.
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Re:Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethica... by hackerfromthefu on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:58AM (#25111656)
Maybe it's because the purpose is to make money selling ads, rather than to necessarily sell you the consume what you need?

ie these systems have multiple customers, you, and the ad or marketplace sellers, and the behaviour of serving up ads for things youve already bought is happening to milk the advertisers/marketplace sellers?

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