It annoys me when it proudly tells me every time I go on to the BBC news site that I'm getting 'more England stories', presumably based on the region where I happen to live.
Leaving aside the fact that, population-wise, England is something like 80% of the UK population anyway, so it hardly narrows it down that much, I want to see the most important and/or interesting stories from around the UK. Why would I automatically prefer to see news about amendments to local household recycling arrangements that have annoyed residents 250 miles away from where I live rather than serious proposals for Indyref2 being discussed 300 miles away, just because there happens to be a national border in between?
I hate anything that's 'personalised' online by an algorithm anyway - not only do I find it creepy and a bit stalky, it's invariably way out in its suppositions. I idly clicked on the link just to look at the flimsy, cheapo white MDF bedroom furniture in a recent MIL thread and now it's on eBay under my 'recently viewed' section (fair enough, I suppose) but eBay are also sending me emails urging me to take another look and then suggesting alternative rubbish furniture based on the perceived 'interest' that I've shown in it.
However, back to TV, whereas it's a handy feature on iPlayer that it remembers how far you watched and returns to the same place when you return, I hate the stalky way that ITV Hub sends you an email as soon as you stop watching part of the way through to urge you to watch the rest.
Aside from the fact that it already has me down as a huge Sooty fan, because my DS has been watching on my login over the school holidays, I decided to check out the first two minutes of an ITV magazine-style programme that, from what I'd heard, might have been of interest. From the initial short 'Here's what's coming up today' segment, I quickly realised that it was nowhere near as interesting as I'd thought it might be, so I just closed the tab. Instantly, I got an email telling me that they knew I'd started watching and had quickly stopped and asking if I'd had a technical problem or if I had any causes for concern. Creepy or what? There was no option for 'No problem, really - your programme's just too crap to bother watching any more of it'.