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What's the difference? Ads are valuable to advertisers for a number of factors, including the estimated likelihood that the targeted user will pay money for $P

What's the difference? Ads are valuable to advertisers for a number of factors, including the estimated likelihood that the targeted user will pay money for $PRODUCT. An increase in relevance isn't exactly the same thing as an increase in favor, but it's hard to believe they're not correlated.

pyrale 2y ago
Advertising is not limited to companies trying to sell an innocuous product.
rightbyte 2y ago
"Ads I like" would be like informative commercials about workshop tools, like how they were in the 70s. Not emotion focused ads, which is what The Man wants me to see to make me buy his stuff. I don't watch ads but if I did I would prefer a "what, how, price" setup.
hammock 2y ago
There is little difference if we are talking cost per click. But many ads are still sold on cost per view
izacus 2y ago
Let me show you in practical terms - I've searched for some neat cases for a Pixel 9 Pro (for a family member). I'm now receiving targeted ads for phone cases on Instagram on my Galaxy S25. - Ads I'd like: More cute cases for either P9Pro or a Galaxy S25 I'm watching the ads on. - Ads the company is pushing: iPhone-only cases which I can't use anywhere. Quite staggering the incompetence of targeting those :)
- recursive 2y ago
  Sounds like the targeting is just not specific enough yet.
  - izacus 2y ago
    I'd hope "show cases for android phones on an android phone" to be something rockstar engineers at ad companies figure out rather easily.
  - hakfoo 2y ago
    Or the ad content isn't being made specific enough. I know that at least for the cheap Aliexpress tier stuff, they'll make the same basic design for 12 different phones, so theoretically the same product listing might include iPhone and various Android variants, but the description might fail to reveal that. I'm sort of surprised that the industry isn't 70% print-on-demand these days-- just say "we have a nice sturdy case design for the top 500 phone models, and upload your own art".
chneu 2y ago
Ads you like vs things you'll actually buy are two very different things. Samsung can't make money off me buying vintage tools or computer parts. I'd love to see those ads. But Samsung can hit me with new washing machine ads, or ads for big businesses pushed thru their galaxy store.

pyrale 2y ago

Advertising is not limited to companies trying to sell an innocuous product.

rightbyte 2y ago

"Ads I like" would be like informative commercials about workshop tools, like how they were in the 70s. Not emotion focused ads, which is what The Man wants me to see to make me buy his stuff. I don't watch ads but if I did I would prefer a "what, how, price" setup.

hammock 2y ago

There is little difference if we are talking cost per click. But many ads are still sold on cost per view

izacus 2y ago

Let me show you in practical terms - I've searched for some neat cases for a Pixel 9 Pro (for a family member). I'm now receiving targeted ads for phone cases on Instagram on my Galaxy S25. - Ads I'd like: More cute cases for either P9Pro or a Galaxy S25 I'm watching the ads on. - Ads the company is pushing: iPhone-only cases which I can't use anywhere. Quite staggering the incompetence of targeting those :)

recursive 2y ago
Sounds like the targeting is just not specific enough yet.
- izacus 2y ago
  I'd hope "show cases for android phones on an android phone" to be something rockstar engineers at ad companies figure out rather easily.
- hakfoo 2y ago
  Or the ad content isn't being made specific enough. I know that at least for the cheap Aliexpress tier stuff, they'll make the same basic design for 12 different phones, so theoretically the same product listing might include iPhone and various Android variants, but the description might fail to reveal that. I'm sort of surprised that the industry isn't 70% print-on-demand these days-- just say "we have a nice sturdy case design for the top 500 phone models, and upload your own art".

chneu 2y ago

Ads you like vs things you'll actually buy are two very different things. Samsung can't make money off me buying vintage tools or computer parts. I'd love to see those ads. But Samsung can hit me with new washing machine ads, or ads for big businesses pushed thru their galaxy store.