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minus-squareCrowAirbrush@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoA targeted ad consists of showing you what you just bought from the same exact website you just got it from. Like, it’s just a scam towards the businesses at this point and a waste of my time and bandwidth.
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A targeted ad consists of showing you what you just bought from the same exact website you just got it from.
Like, it’s just a scam towards the businesses at this point and a waste of my time and bandwidth.
Amazon: I see you just bought one coat rack; would you like to start your coat rack collection with these other coat racks?
Username fits
Facebook is the same : “Oh I see you’re married! Do you want to befriend other hot women? Let us introduce you!”