In this case, the conservative explanation seemed unlikely for several reasons. This friend would be more precisely described as the elderly friend of my elderl

In this case, the conservative explanation seemed unlikely for several reasons. This friend would be more precisely described as the elderly friend of my elderly parents. Neither of us are on social media, she doesn't know what podcasts are, and neither of us had even used a web browser in the preceding several hours. Neither of us was in the market for a new riding mower nor had been in the preceding decade. I was on her (remote, inconsistent-cell-reception) farm to help with some cattle. I had never heard of this brand before, and now over a year later I can't think of it. Is it so unlikely that an ad network sketchy enough to pay its way onto random Android apps would also be sketchy enough to monitor conversations for keywords that can get it paid? I don't think that's unlikely at all.