• Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          5 months ago

          Perhaps more like what fridge companies do via incessant water filter replacement reminders: Enjoying your Super Deluxe CoolPlus™ Fridge? Don’t forget to check out the CoolPlus™ Fridge Magnetic Spice Rack and CoolPlus™ Fridge Juice Dispenser Add-on!

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              At some point the bigwigs will realize that a working item is worth more in future potential ad dollars than a broken one with a limited 1 year warranty and start asking their engineers why quality is so bad.

              /The screams of 1,000 poor souls per second for 50 years

        • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br
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          Maybe they won’t suggest things you already bought, but will estimate what you’re going to buy next, based on the statistical analysis of people who bought the same things.

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            Yeah it’s more like, hey you just bought stabilizing jacks and a water hose for a travel trailer. You must have just bought a new camper. Let’s bombard you with add for stick-up-hooks, rv-mattress sized sheets, cheap plastic dishes, etc.

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      If only it was smart enough. Make its like oh you bought a newtv, you would like this new surround system

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          The “people usually both this with this product” suggestions can be pretty good to cover this.

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        I’m sure thats the theory, and whats being sold to the ad buyers, but my money is on it ending up like the ads you get after buying something from amazon/ebay: same item you just bought.

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          you probably just notice that because it doesn’t make sense from your perspective.

          it’s probably more cost efficient for advertisers to just throw relevant ads at potential groups. Determining whether an individual already has the item is a waste of resources, and you probably don’t notice when the ads are things you don’t own.

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            Last time I observed this I was getting the exact same item that I bought being advertised to me constantly, across multiple sites. No variation at all. It was a pair of hiking shoes. If it had then offered me hiking poles or rain coats or anything else that would have been useful, but instead it was the same pair of shoes I had already purchased.

            If the ad network had actually suggested useful paired items that i dont already own, then those ads should actually stand out, as they are actually relevant to me.

            If its not cost efficient to actually target to the individual (and I dont doubt that it isn’t), im not sure what Paypal is bringing to the table here that Amazon etc can’t already do.