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@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ This principle of data collection should not be considered slimy in and of itsel
The problem is that advertisers haven't really figured out how to deliver on the whole well-targeted ads premise yet, but they're storing absolutely everything they can so they'll be ready for the algorithmic breakthrough if and when it comes. They're like pathological hoarders who keep every single paperclip because "it might come in handy someday", except the paperclip is your mother's maiden name and place of birth.
So if you thinking targeted advertisements are already accurate beyond detection and advertisers are [magic-bulletting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodermic_needle_model) the population, you have cause for upset. And if you think targeted advertisements are still "buy more vacuums"-level useless, then that means that despite collecting the private details of billions of peoples' lives over several years, the advertising industry is too pathetically incompetent to make anything of it and is clearly unfit for the responsibility of handling such data in the first place, and you have cause for upset. [Get upset!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug&t=1m09s "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this any more!")
So if you think targeted advertisements are already accurate beyond detection and advertisers are [magic-bulletting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodermic_needle_model) the population, you have cause for upset. And if you think targeted advertisements are still "buy more vacuums"-level useless, then that means that despite collecting the private details of billions of peoples' lives over several years, the advertising industry is too pathetically incompetent to make anything of it and is clearly unfit for the responsibility of handling such data in the first place, and you have cause for upset. [Get upset!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug&t=1m09s "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this any more!")
[footnote_text] When you pick a random number between one and one million, do you think it feels lucky?