How does this tracking really works? Is it really this sophisticated behemoth of AI research that makes it impossible to avoid?
Why is it that I get targeted as an balding middle aged man with erectile dysfunction when I'm not?
The adtech places I've worked at relied on cookies. They usually have massive networks of major sites and track your browser activity as you browse different.
However, the servers were always crashing and I was always wondering when the customers would figure out that they were throwing money away.
Age and gender seem to be two of the more significant variables in ad selection. Many women I know started getting ads for baby stuff once they turned 26 despite having never been interested in the topic.