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[โ€“] doug@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I opted out of as many ad trackers as I could ~10 years ago and took every precaution I could.

...it resulted in-- and I shit you not-- really embarrassing-looking ads with words written in capital red letters that read something like "HUGE DISCOUNTS ON HORSE SEMEN BY THE GALLON!" complete with pictures of creamy liquid.

I searched as best I could to make sure I didn't have a virus or something, and I found some user with the same query as myself; it was a legitimate advertisement from their bottom-of-the-barrel advertisers who-- I guess?-- didn't pay to target users and had just put in the bare minimum money for ads.

It was so horrible of an experience I stopped the charade and let them learn about me again-- which I can't help but think was part of the plan.

[โ€“] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

I am confused, why not just use an ad blocker?