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Streaking service targeted advertising

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Trulyatraditionalman · 08/02/2021 12:38

I'm a 31 year old woman, and I have provided my details to make an account for BBC iPlayer, All4 and ITV Hub, the latter two being services that rely on advertising which I believe is supposed to be targeted.

The adverts I am seeing constantly on loop are:

Viagra Connect
A gambling website
Baby follow on milk

Aside from driving me bonkers, if this is targeted advertising, they're totally wasting their money!! I'm childfree, never gamble and DP has never had any problem with erectile dysfunction.

Curious to see what everyone else is getting!

OP posts:
Trulyatraditionalman · 08/02/2021 12:39

Arghhhhh! I obviously meant "Streaming service" 🤣😳

OP posts:
Cabinfever10 · 08/02/2021 12:42
Grin
CormoranStrike · 08/02/2021 12:43

😂

Trulyatraditionalman · 08/02/2021 12:45

To all that have clicked on my thread, many apologies for misleading you on the exciting title, revealing relatively dull and disappointing content 😂

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peak2021 · 08/02/2021 13:12

Suggest you delete browsing history before you log off each time. Seems to do the trick for me for adverts on sites I log on to. I don't have the ITV hub though.

pooopypants · 08/02/2021 13:26

Well. That was anticlimactic 😑

hotcrosswhat · 08/02/2021 14:24

I'm only here because I thought it was about streaking Grin

...but I certainly get an odd selection of adverts too!

DejaVoodoo · 08/02/2021 15:00

Grin Streaking service!
I'm sure there's a gap in the market there.

AuntieStella · 08/02/2021 15:06

I did wonder what the thread would be about....

Though we don't seem to have streakers these days - I can't remember when I last saw a report of one

The ads are targeted from something though - does DH use the iPad or whatever device it is? Do you use the device for anything else - if you follow helpfully provided links from some MN threads you could easily get that selection

MixedUpFiles · 08/02/2021 15:25

Just because most people who want to sign up as streakers in the gig-economy are 19 and male doesn’t mean that 31 year old women can’t get in on the action too. It’s 2021, the age of the side-hustle. If you want to streak, get out there and streak and don’t let anyone tell you that your too old , it’s too cold outside, or that it’s a business model about to launch 1000 lawsuits.

Dogsarehairy · 08/02/2021 16:09

Oh. I wanted streaking.
The rugby and football without an audience means no pitch invasions and no streaking.

AuntieStella · 08/02/2021 19:02

Sign up for streaking?

I thought it was definitely an ad hoc on-the-day role and dominated by wine (Erika Roe at the rugger). Though I seem to remember a naked man and a police helmet at a cricket fixture - or did I imagine that?

VienneseWhirligig · 08/02/2021 19:06

I get the viagra one too, and gambling. I'm a widow in my early 40s. I don't gamble, they are also wasting their time with me Grin

user143677433 · 08/02/2021 19:18

I think viagra and gambling must be the default ones. We get those here too and gave all kinds of custom filtering to ensure we don’t get targeted adds.

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