Think about it, Google Maps is (I think) the biggest collection of map data and information on locations everywhere around the world, yet I don’t want an advertising company knowing that I just went to a fast food place.

YouTube is an endless trove of video content that anyone can contribute to, yet I’d much rather not give an advertiser information on every little interest that I have in video.

It’s so bad for you, but it’s so good.

  • Dojan
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    171 year ago

    My roomie keeps getting videos and adverts about visiting Dubai/UAE/Qatar etc.

    We’re both LGBTQ+ so that wouldn’t end well.

      • Dojan
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        71 year ago

        My guess is that it’s because the area we live in has a decently sized immigrant population, usually Middle East/North African.

        Those countries are probably a lot more appealing to them than they are to us, but the algorithm lumps us all in in the same demographic.