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Here[1] are my "personalized" Twitter ads. The ones that at least match the language of the content I want to see, not the geo I'm in. I use the PWA on mobile. No ad blocker, no pihole, full consent to collect what data they can.

I exclusively follow technical people. Devs of the software and tools I work with, PG, indie hackers, that sort of thing.

Personalized ads are a scam. They are not personalized to you. They are personalized to the imaginary profile advertisers want to see their ads. You're just the sorry victim that nobody cares about. Some of them are outright dangerous (see the first one in the album), and your interests always come last.

That doesn't even include the primary concern: The rampant abuse of privacy and collected data.

[1] - https://imgur.com/a/NGBsEaM (one or two are mildly NSFW)