> Targeting obviously isn't always perfect -- ... I keep seeing ads ... even after I bought the thing or a similar thing
I'm sympathetic to your argument up until here, where you describe not just an edge case but nearly the entirety of my experience engaging with targeted ads.
As an early evangelist of recommendation engines, I'm still hoping for ads to be useful.
It feels more like waiting for godot every year.
Sidenote- really appreciated the carefully argued contrary position, still upvoted.
I'm sympathetic to your argument up until here, where you describe not just an edge case but nearly the entirety of my experience engaging with targeted ads.
As an early evangelist of recommendation engines, I'm still hoping for ads to be useful.
It feels more like waiting for godot every year.
Sidenote- really appreciated the carefully argued contrary position, still upvoted.