Adtech is a fraud. I am using Brave and IOS than they do a really good job of blocking Facebook trackers. However Facebook knows where I went to school and some of my interests - because I told it.
It would not be hard to extrapolate ads that might be interesting for a person who has graduated with a CS degree 10+ years ago (cool gadgets anyone? AI services?) but the ads I see are attrocious. It can only make any sense if Facebook isn't even trying, which only makes sense if they don't want anybody to know how little value they add.
Its the same with Googles topics - if you want to show me ads for things that might be relevant for me, then _let me choose those_. But it is almost as if the thought can't even cross their minds.
It would not be hard to extrapolate ads that might be interesting for a person who has graduated with a CS degree 10+ years ago (cool gadgets anyone? AI services?) but the ads I see are attrocious. It can only make any sense if Facebook isn't even trying, which only makes sense if they don't want anybody to know how little value they add.
Its the same with Googles topics - if you want to show me ads for things that might be relevant for me, then _let me choose those_. But it is almost as if the thought can't even cross their minds.