But why did he pick pools? What if he lives in an upper middle class suburban neighborhood where everybody has pools? And what if he slowed his scrolling just a little too much on a pool ad on Instagram? What if he actually, kinda does think about getting a pool?

Who knows.

I'm just saying, the technical, ethical, and legal implications of creating an ad network that surreptitiously slurps up audio 24 hours a day in violation of the claimed terms of service without anybody leaking anything about it is a conspiracy that seems less likely than people just being more predictable than they would like to believe.