> I find that I benefit greatly from targeted advertising. Your only foundation for this reasoning is that you've bought more things. What this definitely says

> I find that I benefit greatly from targeted advertising. Your only foundation for this reasoning is that you've bought more things. What this definitely says is that the advertising is targeting you successfully, what it does not say is that you benefited from it. You clearly lived before you owned those things, presumably pretty well given your evident spending habits. In conclusion, when looking at this post we can say just as easily that you were harmed greatly by targeted advertising.