There’s that target / pregnancy story where basically they found that they would spook customers by revealing how much they actually knew. I don’t think is an adequate explanation though.
Honestly though, even without any nefarious shady tracking techniques, someone like Amazon should be able to figure out what stuff I might want to buy with alarming accuracy just based on previous purchases. They really don’t though, the best they can do is show me stuff I’ve already bought. Like “We see you bought a great coffee machine last month, what about this other coffee machine? Or perhaps we can tempt you with this fancy coffee machine?” I mean - show me some nice coffee mugs or something.
Yeah I agree to some extent.
There’s that target / pregnancy story where basically they found that they would spook customers by revealing how much they actually knew. I don’t think is an adequate explanation though.
Honestly though, even without any nefarious shady tracking techniques, someone like Amazon should be able to figure out what stuff I might want to buy with alarming accuracy just based on previous purchases. They really don’t though, the best they can do is show me stuff I’ve already bought. Like “We see you bought a great coffee machine last month, what about this other coffee machine? Or perhaps we can tempt you with this fancy coffee machine?” I mean - show me some nice coffee mugs or something.