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Bet they'll just rename it later, like what they did with FLoC to Ad Topics.
What's funny is how these companies refer to ads as if it's something we should be excited about.
"Good news! We're implementing a new ad delivery feature for your enjoyment! You can now choose what ads to watch, yay!"
Some people actually like personalized ads!
I have no idea why, it feels counter productive to want them to influence you to buy shit you don't need.
I like my ads to be as unrelated to me as possible, because I wouldn't spend money on those things anyways.
I have to admit that it can be funny with personalized ads when you google something extremely expensive and get ads for it for months after. Many years ago I searched for a high speed camera (like the one the Slow Mo Guys use) and while I very much want one, I could never afford to spend 0,5 to 1,5 million Euro (or whatever the price was) on one camera. So it was amusing to see all the ads urging me (a then teenager) to buy one.
The most interesting and absurd ad I ever got on youtube was for a device for inspecting the coils on a huge grid transformer.
this has me thinking, i might actually be interested in looking at ads if they had only completely random things, like literally anything that exists. At least i wouldnt be annoyed with them so much.