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The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I watched something on Netflix the other day.

It immediately then showed an ad for that same movie I'd just watched, telling me the last day to watch is in a few days.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

The other day my spouse was trying to watch a movie on prime I think it was, it started by playing an advertisement for the movie she chose to watch. I told her a copy was on the jellyfin server. She said I pay for this so I want to use it. It hit a 2 min 40 second ad break a little later and I saw her glare at me out of the corner of my eye, I chose to pretend to watch the commercial and not look at her, didn't want that conversation.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

I saw her glare at me out of the corner of my eye

As if you were the one putting the Ads into Prime lol