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> 4. POUR QUELLES FINALITÉS UTILISONS-NOUS VOS DONNÉES ?
> 4.3. Opérations liées à des partenariats commerciaux
> Partage, échange ou location de fichiers avec des partenaires commerciaux dans le respect de la réglementation en vigueur et des exigences de sécurité ;
Furthermore everybody buy something.
Is practically unavoidable in a system like ours; but also not important in this context as there's an implicit "because it was advertised".
One of the ways I'm weird: it's like I have a homunculus of the Marie Kondo meme before I'd even heard of her, telling me I don't really want to buy $thing, or even receive one as a gift, because it won't spark joy.
As a result, my total expenses included rent, food, commuting, utilities, fun… literally everything, all comes to less than €1000/month on average.
See how people still pay for youtube ads despite there being a premium service to skip them.