Re: Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, Paul S Person wrote:

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 22:47:46 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
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Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
   https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/08/09
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Yup, many people have noticed this behavior.  And it is creepy, very creepy.
My cell phone sleeps in the kitchen, not my bedroom.
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Lynn
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This is the truth! Although I think it is related to browsing habits and
possibly in store visits, which of course is mirrored in conversation, or
conversation which leads to action.
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In my case, I do not own a smart phone, so these things are very alien to
me. In addition, my phone automatically is turned off at 23:00 every day
and is turned on at 09:05 when I open my office.
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That way I only need to charge my phone every 1-2 weeks during work times,
and every 2-3 weeks during holidays! =)

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I don't need a cellphone (smart or not) for /that/ to happen.
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Just visiting Amazon or even using Bing is enough to produce endless
ads about whatever I was looking at/asking for. As I'm sure everyone
is aware.
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But at least /something/ is listening to her. Arlo, clearly, is not.
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Bing I only use indirectly through duckduckgo, and my adblockers block 99+% of all ads online, so I almost never see any.
Amazon I use very seldom, and if I do, it seems to enjoy recommending books to me I already own or already bought from them, so I don't really understand why they would make their recommendation engine so bad. ;)
The main advertising I have to endure comes from billboards in town and when I read the newspaper in pdf format.