MysteriousPepperoni t1_iyd0zrl wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:25 PM

Reply to comment by Squid8742 in Gmail now learns from your behaviour, but there's a catch by Sorin61

When did Google? Google sells ads, not information, Apple wants to sell ads as well.

ViralShadow_ t1_iyd1w1y wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:32 PM

"Google Ads runs an auction every single time it has an ad space available -- on a search result, or on a blog, news site, or some other page. Each auction decides which ads will show at that moment in that space. Your bid puts you in the auction." Which effectively is selling your data without selling it, they put all your info up, for a advertiser to buy an ad placement, they are indirectly selling your info.

Squid8742 t1_iyd38d5 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:42 PM

There have been so many lawsuits that it’s not even funny

MysteriousPepperoni t1_iyeqr9p wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:10 PM

Again that's not data. Data is Google's most prized asset, they will never sell it. They sell the possibility of companies interacting (usually by ads) with specific profiles/personas theses companies are after.