AShadyRaven

joined 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

oh i know how this works and its not the way you think. Its somehow better and worse at the same time

Im going to describe the process using a hypothetical situation:

You decide to try a new shampoo but you're not sure what to buy. You ask your friend "hey what shampoo do you use" and they tell you they use Head and Shoulders.

Later that night, you google head and shoulders and read reviews

The next day, your friend gets Head and Shoulders ads on youtube and facebook and Instagram, etc

This is because google knows both of your locations and search history. It sees that you two were within a few feet of each for hours and decides to shoot ads at you both, based on what either of you have searched recently.

This is called proximity targetted advertising and i think its gross.

But this is why so many people say things like "we were talking about it and now im seeing ads they must be spying on me"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Alright fine ill switch browsers AGAIN

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

if only there was a simple easy solution

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

that was a great summary, thank you

trying to research such a broad topic was overwhelming

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

i crave decisiveness like that. it would make me so happy if that sort of behavior became the norm.

too many corpos getting away with murder because they are more convenient than their competitors or because switching is too hard

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

hello, i have chosen to value your opinion above my own based on very shaky reasoning i will not be sharing

I abandoned chrome for being too RAM-hungry when im playing games w the browser open

i abandoned Internet Explorer for being too slow

and i abandoned firefox for being too bloated and sluggish, but that was like 2010 and things change

im currently using Opera but why do you choose firefox over its contemporaries?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

My plan was to steal one from a real estate company but i can try your thing

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 months ago (5 children)

i just want a small property with a yard and a couple trees and room to grow some plants and tinker on projects

if only i didn't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on avocado toast in my 20s