>Yes, your intuition derived from a single anomalous data point (yourself) is definitely more accurate than the companies which have seen demonstrable success from targeted advertising.
"Single anomalous data point"? His description is exactly how targeted advertising works for pretty much everybody. He's not some weirdo outlier -- we're all show the same things we've bought and tangential things to our searches with the stupidest ad AI.
He might be wrong that "it doesn't work" (e.g. doesn't pay since it's crude), and probably he is, since so many businesses follow it, but he's totally right in that it's crude and far less effective than its potential effectiveness.
"Single anomalous data point"? His description is exactly how targeted advertising works for pretty much everybody. He's not some weirdo outlier -- we're all show the same things we've bought and tangential things to our searches with the stupidest ad AI.
He might be wrong that "it doesn't work" (e.g. doesn't pay since it's crude), and probably he is, since so many businesses follow it, but he's totally right in that it's crude and far less effective than its potential effectiveness.