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by ImJamal 753 days ago
She did. This seems like a complaint about getting personalized ads.

> Dudley said she typically listens to 30 to 40 audiobooks a month, most of which are fiction. "I listen to the books on my iPhone and often search for and check out books there too," she said.

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I’m a little skeptical of this story - but that quote is not evidence that she used a search engine. She could mean searching and checking out books in the library apps or on the library web site.
It is possible. Apple does have an ad network so it is quite possible that this is just Apple logging searches in their apps and showing ads in other apps.
To be fair, I do hate personalized ads.