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It's funny, because I always hear people talking about how creepy and stupid all these personalised ads are, but I have honestly never noticed. I've been blocking adverts on every device I use for almost as long as I've been using computers. I would have no idea that targeted ads are a thing if I didn't hear other people talking about them.

If people are so bothered by targeted ads, why do they continue to look at them?

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Turn off your adblock for a few hours. You'll suddenly remember of some very specific thing you brought once a long while ago or some site you used to look at.

> I have honestly never noticed. I've been blocking adverts on every device I use for almost as long as I've been using computers.

Once in a while, I have to use a browser that doesn't have uBlock origin, on a network I don't have PiHole running on.

And then I must scream.

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