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AdmiralMal t1_j5jzvwf wrote

Reply to comment by jnemesh in RIP Surface Duo—Microsoft reportedly gives up on the weird form factor - But Microsoft is still "all-in" with Android, plans a Galaxy Fold-style device. by speckz

I mean, your phone is probably not listening to you all the time for ad keywords. Maybe some random app you have installed is. Most likely what happened is you said something and then you or someone on your wifi network searched for it.

On the second point, I use an iphone for work and android phone personally. I agree with you that overall the iphone is a better package.

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jnemesh t1_j5kc6ts wrote

If it was an app, it was probably Facebook. But no, no one searched for "Tektronix". It's not a company I use nor one I have EVER searched for. My co-worker told someone on the phone "It's a fluke..." and I piped up, "No, it's a Tektronix!" (geek humor, both Fluke and Tektronix make test equipment)

THE NEXT DAY I got ads for, you guessed it...Tektronix. That wasn't random, and that wasn't me searching for it. That was my phone listening to my conversations and picking up a keyword, then feeding me ads in chrome.

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