[Info-vax] The Student System

[Scott Dorsey]

In article <ui2rrr$2pmp3$2 at dont-email.me>,
Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>On 2023-11-02, Chris Townley <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> I don't recall seeing any intrusive adverts on YouTube
>
>There are addons you can add to your own systems that you cannot add
>to work systems. I assume you are using one of those (unless you are
>paying for YT).

Google maintains a profile of identifiable unique users.  It includes
location information most of the time, and any accounts they can associate
with it.  This profile is used to deliver ads to you that Youtube thinks
are relevant, and in this time of year in the US it includes a lot of
targetted political ads.

This also determines the volume of ads you get.  If I watch a video on
one side of Virginia, I will get far fewer ads than someone watching
the same video on the other (richer) side of the state.

No two people get the same experience.
--scott

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