It's almost as if, no matter what these advertising networks do, you can always reason in hindsight that it profited someone ... It's almost as if, because it'

It's almost as if, no matter what these advertising networks do, you can always reason in hindsight that it profited someone ... It's almost as if, because it's rumoured to have powerful, dark & unknowable Machine Learning behind it, people assume it must be doing something reaaaaaally clever, and we're just not clever enough to realise what it's truly masterminding.