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blackbootz  ·  2548 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Facebook ads

How many ads have you seen on your feed that pertained to the content of a verbal conversation you had near your phone as opposed to anything you've ever searched?

Yea. That was the exact minute I was pushed over the edge and deactivated. I understand it's the "natural course of things" but man is that creepy. (NB: Also, this is the exact same case as with Amazon's Alexa device. A microphone in your living room.)





cgod  ·  2548 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't have Facebook and I'll never have Alexa.

blackbootz  ·  2548 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was the royal you I was referring to, but I'm glad our boat is the same.