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I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone (simonwillison.net)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not my title! I do think we are being listened to. And location tracked. And it's being passed on to advertisers. Is it apple though? Probably not is my take away from this article, but I don't trust plenty of others, and apple still does

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My big problem isn't with the concept I could talk about buying parrot food.

But there has to be a vendor out there that says hey whoever I'm buying this data from, I need to put an ad in front of parrot owners.

These are going to be very high cost ads, so whatever products they're going to sell you probably have a respectable profit margin or respectable expected lifetime value.

Trying to trigger it on purpose, without any idea of who's advertising or for what is somewhat of a fool's errand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

How many dog and cat owners are out there anyway? Dozens perhaps.