That fits the textbook definition of targeted ads, which is the use of personally identifying data to select who to deliver specific ads to. Google is selling not data directly, but rather the promise to advertisers that they can deliver that baking ad to the right audience (bakers who watch youtube). It’s a disguised form of indirectly selling your identity.
That fits the textbook definition of targeted ads, which is the use of personally identifying data to select who to deliver specific ads to. Google is selling not data directly, but rather the promise to advertisers that they can deliver that baking ad to the right audience (bakers who watch youtube). It’s a disguised form of indirectly selling your identity.