• Björn@swg-empire.de
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    2 months ago

    Will start?

    I’m pretty certain that they’re already guessing as much about you as possible for targeted ads.

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      I watched a video today on my work computer for the first time, where I don’t have the ability to block the ads. Dear god. The litany of overhyped, lie-based AI dreck was traumatizing.

      • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        I watched a single motorcycle video on computer logged out of YouTube. All the related videos were rage bait right wing content. None related to motorcycles.

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    Finally, I can just watch 50 hours of N64 emulation nerd shit to gain access to the softcore porn I also wanted to watch, after this next N64 video

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    So I just have to gain a brain rot addiction to regain my youth? When asked how this twelve year old managed to create a YouTube account 20 years ago, YouTube replied, “he’s very clever.”

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    Why does YouTube need to know how old I am, explicit content isn’t allowed on the platform so the age of the viewer isn’t something they need to know.

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    2 months ago

    My viewing history can legally drink in US in a year. What do you mean „guess”?

  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    So, if you’re a child, watch some videos about budgeting, maybe a few cooking videos?

    I dunno, what are some categories of video no youth would ever watch?

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      Vanlife videos, cooking shows, and politics should make YouTube believe you’re an adult. But hell I subscribe to gaming channels, with watching gamers play games. Will that get me labeled a child.

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        It’s interesting that you mention the gaming thing, I’ve realised recently that I’m still watching the same folks I was 10 years ago, so it’s really content by millennials for millennials - not a child thing like I’m used to assuming. It does come in part because if I mention YouTube to a younger person I get a blank look when I say who I watch.

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      I think you got it backwards. What are some categories an adult would never watch? Fucking Dora the Explorer and Blues Clues and the like. Although it’s very likely they just play it from their account for their kids.

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        I regularly watch kids shows in Korean. Not because I’m a Korean baby, but because it’s a lower level vocabulary to learn the language

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    Good fuckin luck, I’m still getting Spanish ads for womans deodorant. If they can’t figure out my sex and language age might be a bit rough for em

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      Spanish ads for womans deodorant.

      Google’s data-mining software knew pretty well who 1D10 was. It had simply concluded, based on its extensive database spanning vast numbers of users around the world, that he would look magnificent in a flamenca dress.

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      Hopefully Google doesn’t bypass that and record your history to guess your age regardless.