[thrwaeasddsaf]

I'd be interested in seeing personalized ads but there is no such thing. I recently had a look at what ad categories Google applies to me and honestly.. it is so wide that it is does not feel personal in the slightest, and indeed it's wide & vague and nonspecific enough that "employed male, about 30, western" would be a sufficient description. Indeed, I feel like that just filters for the ads they'd blast on broadcast media all day long anyway.

Advertisers don't really understand who I am or what I want, and Youtube history isn't a good substitute. If anything it's circular, because Youtube also keeps recommending the same shit based on viewing history..

[pessimizer]

This is the worst part - they know enough about me to endanger or hurt me (for example my religion, sexual orientation, the computers I browse with, where they are located, and who I share them with, but they somehow don't know enough about me to give me better than shit recommendations of what to buy.

> Advertisers don't really understand who I am or what I want, and Youtube history isn't a good substitute. If anything it's circular, because Youtube also keeps recommending the same shit based on viewing history..

This is why the internet is shit now. It doesn't understand that its tracking is recursive, and simply works to filter out small players and other people bad at gaming SEO.