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Re:Ask HN: What Apple alternatives are you switching to? by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:22AM (#28222426)
There are a lot of people at this company, and my news feed doesn't diverge enough to account for all of their varied google searches.
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Re:Ask HN: What Apple alternatives are you switching to? by zepto on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:26AM (#28222511)
No, but it would be easy to tell that you associate with your co-worked by correlating Bluetooth beacons, which many apps do for exactly this purpose.
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Re:Ask HN: What Apple alternatives are you switching to? by Yeri on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:42AM (#28222841)
More realistically, your co-worker googled it on their phone. They also email/chat/sms/call you once in a while, so they know you're connected.

Now, it's only logical that you may share certain interests, so why not show ads for things they bought/googled for to their contacts?

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