I do suspect the networks are listening and it created a fun way to prank friends. Essentially - Talk to your friends about the most repulsive YouTube ads you’

I do suspect the networks are listening and it created a fun way to prank friends. Essentially - Talk to your friends about the most repulsive YouTube ads you’ve seen, loudly, in the presence of their mobile phones. I ended up doing this after being forced to endure a particularly stomach churning ad related to ear wax removal. When I discussed it with two friends, I told them about the ad, and wondered if they would start seeing it. Sure enough a day later my friend told me she’s getting the ear wax ad. Maybe it has to do with android vs iOS, maybe there is some other way the data was linked, maybe it isn’t facebook listening in but some other app. But it really does look like the microphones are on, and the networks are listening.