HereticButcherWith basically almost every company collecting all our data at all times, who exactly are they selling it too? Wouldn't all these companies by this point have all yhe same information?
Earthwormjim91“Almost every company”
You mean like 5-10 major companies?
There are thousands of smaller companies buying ad space and access to consumer data.
And “buying data” isn’t what it sounds like for the most part. Few companies are out there buying and selling raw data tied to individuals. For the most part it is a company buying heavily targeted ads from someone like Google that has ALL of your data. They know, with surgical precision, how to target ads at you. Company B just tells Google “ we want to target a 35 year old, white, dad of three that is lacking in his masculinity and wants to feel rugged, while not making him feel emasculated”.
The you get a Dr Squatch ad.
squibletWhy do I only get ads about "Heart Doctor BEGS Americans to stop doing this with their blueberries"?
PsythikBecause you don’t have Ublock Orgin installed.
That's answers 'why do i see ads at all' but not 'why those ads'.
Regardless, you should be blocking ads. Ublock Origin for PC, Adguard DNS + DDG app w/app tracking protection enabled for mobile. Then you never have to worry about why you get certain ads ever again, cause you simply won’t see them.
I probably should. I only meant to point out that all of their elaborate spying and analysis supposedly for advertisement targeting is not very effective, in my case.
Are we not supposed to stick blueberries up our butts?