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Re:I wish tech companies knew more about me by onlyyoutubegoti on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:12PM (#50387277)
I've been in the same shoes as the Author. The ONLY piece of technology that I have successfully seen actually learn from my usage was Youtube. Just recently, youtube decided I needed a bunch of video game hate videos. But I don't usually want negativity like that, so I pressed not interested on two of them and now they're all gone. This has been the status quo for me for years.

Spotify, Instagram, all those others, it's like the button ENCOURAGES them.

I also stopped getting ads years ago, but it was the same story. Car Ads. I hate cars, I have made it as clear as possible on multiple occasions. Sidebar ads never learn. Amazon never learns. And I bet they keep trying to show me cars to this day.

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Re:I wish tech companies knew more about me by Anamon on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:58PM (#50409208)
A friend of mine keeps saying that it's incredible how well TikTok's personalization works. I'm not on it, and his descriptions make me not want to be. I'm not looking for another time sink.

I guess I agree with you on YouTube, as well. I have mentioned a video to someone by starting with "I don't usually watch YouTubers, but this one..." so often that the disclaimer started sounding ridiculous. They were very good at luring me to some exception channels that I would like.

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