• nyan@lemmy.cafe
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    12 hours ago

    To sum up: the article is about how tech companies suck at using the information they have about you for anything of value to you, which is nothing new. I’d take the author with a grain of salt, because instead of trying to get rid of advertising, they actually look at it and want it better-targeted.

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      6 hours ago

      they actually look at it and want it better-targeted.

      I don’t think so. The author is being a little tongue in cheek, mocking big tech: “if you’re monitoring everything, how come your ads still suck?”

      Slightly OT: I’m really tired of this whole “I want relevant ads” thing. Typically it comes from media illiterate people who cannot tell apart information and manipulation…