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"already have it" seems like a fairly simple, common, and oh so fustrating problems especially for services that already know your email. Right now the worst of
by andromeduck 6y ago
"already have it" seems like a fairly simple, common, and oh so fustrating problems especially for services that already know your email. Right now the worst offender for me is IBKR for egigh I get ~10 ads per day on YouTube despite both being linked the the same IP/email/device/browser as he service.
Likewise with Amazon showing you an ad for a product you literally bought minutes ago as if you'd want to buy another before the first arrives or LinkedIn recruiters trying recruit you to your current role.
Specialty equipment like for photography/cycling or 3d printing is the worst. Buy a Sony camera or Peak design tripod and you'll get ads for the same thing for a year. Like accessories and complementary products I'd understand but come on. Just how many thousand dollar cameras do you expect me to buy per month/year?!
- asidiali 6y agoSpot on, I’ve noticed it too. It’s crazy. I can only imagine the XX% of ad spend that could be optimized if this problem was solved across the industry, and the millions of dollars that would be saved...from a basic query optimization? I guess it has to be a harder problem than that, otherwise it wouldn’t be an issue, but sheesh is it ridiculous from the outside looking in. Like I understand the complexity in optimizing that query for Amazon and personalized product history, etc. But YouTubeTV for Pete’s sake, is a static property of the network. It doesn’t change for anyone already watching YTV and therefore subscribed. Just don’t put YTV ads on the YTV network. Simple as that. Someone legit went and added them. “Already have it”!!!