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by 24gttghh 3107 days ago
Has that targeted brainwashing been shown to be more effective? I have a feeling that there are enough similarities between folks that watch a particular TV channel to make the profile-targeted ads to be unnecessary. Anecdotally: They usually creep me out and drive me away from what is being advertised, and on top of that it's usually for junk I've already purchased.