I used to think they didn’t listen, and I’d cite the same sort of studies. But honestly…I’ve had a few times in the last several months where a conversation I had with my GF triggered ads on our phones, when neither of us had done an internet search of that particular subject or any that were tangential. A couple times, now, I’ve been spooked. Could be some other data we put out there, or something we clicked, but I racked my brain and couldn’t think of any.
Maybe our phones aren’t listening to us all the time. But it’s already pretty fucking bad when lived experience makes us wonder whether they really are.
I used to think they didn’t listen, and I’d cite the same sort of studies. But honestly…I’ve had a few times in the last several months where a conversation I had with my GF triggered ads on our phones, when neither of us had done an internet search of that particular subject or any that were tangential. A couple times, now, I’ve been spooked. Could be some other data we put out there, or something we clicked, but I racked my brain and couldn’t think of any.
Maybe our phones aren’t listening to us all the time. But it’s already pretty fucking bad when lived experience makes us wonder whether they really are.