Got this notification when I opened Chrome when coming back to my desk after lunch.

“We changed our privacy settings to allow us to snoop on what you’re looking at and shove you ads accordingly. Feel free to opt out, but we’ll probably opt you back in when you aren’t paying attention.”

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      but but but but you’d get something good for it! You would never have missed it, but maybe you just didn’t know you wanted it? Come on, I’m sure consuming shit that will make you happy twice for two minutes each (once when clicking buy, once when getting and opening the package) will fill that hole in your soul! Spending money on stuff you don’t actually need is good!

      (That was sarcasm, if it wasn’t clear enough.)

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      21 year ago

      True. The only personalized ads I ever receive are for products I literally just purchased.

      I don’t know how there’s so much money in the ad space. It just seems like a huge waste.