Normally I bitch at YouTube from a creator perspective, here's a consumer perspective
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@Weng Okay, I'm glad I'm not the only one receiving those. I was beginning to suspect that Google was looking way too closely at my browsing habits.
And no, I'm not interested in older women, based on those browsing habits. Sorry, Google.
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@boomzilla said in Normally I bitch at YouTube from a creator perspective, here's a consumer perspective:
@remi said in Normally I bitch at YouTube from a creator perspective, here's a consumer perspective:
I will consider personalized ads as vaguely useful the day Amazon will stop trying to sell me the exact same item I just bought, from different sellers. If I just bought a FooGizmo, what's the likelihood that I want to buy a second one right before even receiving the first one?!?!
It's possible that they're trying to influence your memory of the purchase. Next time maybe you'll look at those providers. Or maybe you won't like the one you got and will go to a different product / vendor. IOW, I can definitely see that being a reasonable strategy. After all, you've already proved that you're willing to pay money for a FooGizmo.
Given that I just bought all of this:
(well, one combo drive not all three separate ones) and there's no brand-specific elements that aren't just incidental, I think at least some of the time it really is just "Hey, you bought some of these things. Buy some more!".
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@ben_lubar said in Normally I bitch at YouTube from a creator perspective, here's a consumer perspective:
perfume or bras
Even advertisers think you look like a girl?
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@Jaloopa or they're going on the "you should buy these for your girlfriend" mentality.
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@remi said in Normally I bitch at YouTube from a creator perspective, here's a consumer perspective:
at worst I have a chuckle seeing some weird association
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Another recent example:
"Customers who bought [smartphone] also bought [toilet paper]"
I guess it was a shitty phone.
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@Jaloopa something something hungry hungry caterpillar something something human centipede something...