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Do you actually get relevant online ads? I usually get ads about the thing I just bought

• baq 2y ago
  I thought it’s idiotic until the first time I sent something back for a refund.
  • fruit2020 2y ago
    And how many times did you do that :))
    • ambicapter 2y ago
      The great thing about them selling you something made to be as crappy as you will stand, is that then you'll then have to refund it all the time, making their re-targeting ads even more "effective" :)) What a virtuous cycle!
• fooker 2y ago
  Statistically this works out pretty well. If you spent real money on something, you're far more likely to buy it again or buy it for someone or send that link to someone than a completely new product.
  • stemlord 2y ago
    Do you really need an ad to get you to do that?
    • fooker 2y ago
      The question is, rather, does an ad increase your chances of doing that by 0.1%? If yes, it suddenly makes sense to show the ad to the ~1000 people in your target group.
• Too 2y ago
  Even worse. It doesn’t work. Yet, it either way requires large scale harvesting of everyone’s personal information. If it wasn’t allowed, the value of all this personal information wouldn’t be as high.