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This bothers me too. Google should be able to read my mind at this point. And yet... I can count on one hand the number of times I've bought something via a web
by monochromatic 11y ago
This bothers me too. Google should be able to read my mind at this point. And yet... I can count on one hand the number of times I've bought something via a web ad. (I could probably even do it on a hand that didn't have any fingers.) Showing me an ad for something that's similar to something I bought last week is about as good as it gets, and that's not very good.
- _up 11y agoThis is by design they make more money (long term) if the target thinks his privacy is save. So only a percentage is targeted at you the rest are decoys.
- monochromatic 11y agoBut the percentage of well-targeted ads is zero.
- JulianMorrison 11y agoIntra-site, they can be rather common. My Amazon and Etsy logins have long wishlists.
- monochromatic 11y agoThat's true. Amazon knows what I've bought and what I've thought about buying. But Google knows every damn thing about me. Google ads should be slaughtering Amazon suggestions, and they aren't.