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points by dale_glass 2 days ago | 0 comments

No, that makes no sense. Sure, my data is valuable for advertisers, but:

The washing machine advertiser doesn't want to to spend money to show me an ad for something I'm not going to buy, and even Amazon doesn't benefit because they get something out of each purchase, so they should want to show me stuff I want to buy too.

There's just nobody that benefits from bad ad selection.

[–] seki285 2 days ago

...except Amazon :)

[–] janalsncm 2 days ago

Please explain how Amazon benefits from bad ad selection to an equal or greater extent than good ad selection.

[–] seki285 2 days ago

They don't need to compete because they have a monopoly, so offering a worse service keeps the advertiser spending more money.

[–] malfist 2 days ago

You do another search, and they get more revenue