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by latexr 3101 days ago
I think GP means the ads are actually trying to activate the devices:

> If Google has now searched for some random thing being sold because of that ad, then those ads will be shown to me when I browse on my computer

This isn’t unheard of. Burger King pulled that stunt to great success: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/business/burger-king-tv-a...