Subj : Re: I am thinking...
To   : Accession
From : unixl0rd
Date : Sat Dec 23 2023 16:31:52

 Ac> Maybe the "listening to us" part is a bit far fetched (but then again,
 Ac> maybe not).. or maybe the wrong terminology, but they definitely collect
 Ac> data on just about everything you do.
You are correct. Actively listening to users would require an insane amount of bandwidth and processing power. What app developers do instead is they include a third-party library into their code base. Once loaded, the library collects information and relays it to the ads server. It's very similar to how Google Analytics works on web pages.

.... Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.

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