Quicky@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoI mean, that's literally the opposite of what I wantlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down110
arrow-up1535arrow-down1external-linkI mean, that's literally the opposite of what I wantlemmy.worldQuicky@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-27 hours ago‘Targeted advertising’ is shockingly untargeted. As the underpinning of our digital economy, the value of online advertising is dangerously overinflated.
minus-squareUruanna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoIt’s targeting what they want to sell you depending on what target group you are, it’s never been what might actually interest you personally.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 hours agoI occasionally buy tools, and damn right I research them until I know they’re “buy it for life” quality Then I spend the next few weeks getting bombarded by ads for a tool I will never ever buy
‘Targeted advertising’ is shockingly untargeted. As the underpinning of our digital economy, the value of online advertising is dangerously overinflated.
It’s targeting what they want to sell you depending on what target group you are, it’s never been what might actually interest you personally.
I occasionally buy tools, and damn right I research them until I know they’re “buy it for life” quality
Then I spend the next few weeks getting bombarded by ads for a tool I will never ever buy