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Do you know what companies never do? They never ask. I see dating ads, cars advertisements, feminine healthcare products, insurance ads, etc. What do I want to
by User9812 12y ago
Do you know what companies never do? They never ask.
I see dating ads, cars advertisements, feminine healthcare products, insurance ads, etc. What do I want to see? Travel accessories, computers, hardware, games, tech gadgets, etc. I never see these ads.
Why doesn't Google say, hey, you're going to see Adsense all over the internet, advertisements before videos on YouTube, etc. Would you like to select a few categories so that time is spent seeing some cool products that are relevant to you?
I've been on the internet for 15+ years, and no one stopped to ask just once. I could select categories in about 20 seconds that would be more accurate than all this data collection and profiling that happens every day.
Instead, I just block ads, and install ad block on every computer I come across. I make my living off ad revenue, but ads are absolutely awful, irrelevant and too often malicious. If they gave me the option to select some categories in the past, I probably would have discovered some decent products to buy, and keep them turned on. But nope, I can't recall clicking an ad in the past decade.
- robkeane 12y agoYou can set your interests for ads (and see what Google thinks you like) here: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads
- lucaspiller 12y agoGoogle thinks I am 15 years older than I am and I like cats.
- pjc50 12y agoBut if they asked, you could lie to them. Lots of people would. There's a total presumptive lack of trust, which is part of why the whole business is so corrosive.
- paulrov 12y ago> I make my living off ad revenue, but ads are absolutely awful, irrelevant and too often malicious. Sorry but that makes you the worst kind of person. You have no right to complain about the system at all when you're one of the organs keeping it alive.