• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 hours ago

    In a perfect world, I could appreciate the concept. At the end of the day, I do need to buy stuff, and I’d rather know about the available options. If I’m definitely not going to buy diapers but I’m definitely going to buy a new keyboard in the next month or two, I’d rather see keyboard ads than diaper ads.

    But that’s only in theory. In practice, “targeted” ads are invariably sleazy scams. You bet I use uBO.

    • bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de
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      53 minutes ago

      When have ads ever shown you the best available options? What you see is offers from the companies with the biggest advertising budget - not the ones with the best products or lowest prices

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      8 hours ago

      But when you go to the actual shop website and try to find the thing you need, it’s suddenly showing you bs and stupid filtering and bad categories, even if they do have an item you want.