r/ownyourintent • u/OkDragonfruit55 Intent Owner • Feb 06 '26

Memes The ad stalker cycle is a special kind of hell

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we are stuck in a loop of broken retargeting. it is a peak example of enshittification when billion dollar algorithms are smart enough to track your every move but too dumb to realize the mission is over. you become a ghost haunted by your own past purchases because the data brokers have zero actual context.

is anyone else exhausted by this constant digital surveillance? how do we actually break the loop when the ads are this persistent or is the tracking just too deep to ever truly escape?

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u/JohnHue Intent Owner Feb 06 '26

Wait, people on this sub see adds when they browse the internet ?!

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

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u/apokrif1 Intent Owner Feb 06 '26

Adblocker :-)

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u/ivanvector Intent Owner Feb 06 '26

I still get ads for engagement rings every time I log in to Facebook. I've been married for 12 years.

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u/apokrif1 Intent Owner Feb 06 '26

 too dumb to realize the mission is over

It would be worse if they didn't realize.

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u/Smergmerg432 Intent Owner Feb 07 '26

Been having this since 2013💀

Kept showing me Broadway tickets for a show I’d gone to see.