The Terrifying Cost of 'Free” Websites | Adam Ruins Everything

If you're not paying, you're not the customer--you're the product.

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[oliviafreund]

I risked my identity to watch this video

[sccr]

Clearly it isn't very effective, I can't think of the last time I saw an ad I was actually interested in.

[foczysmalec]

I just love how they analize every single detail about you, yet I'm still getting ads for a game I looked for ONCE over a year ago

[eb]

0:36 This guy is zooming in on a lizard’s face and that’s just kinda beautiful.

[madcuzbad]

Watching this on a website owned by Google

[Lameashellcosplay]

so I'm worth 12 dollars? that's more than I expected

[pixbo]

The scary thought of it is not actually the fact that they record your information. It's only being read by an algorithm and doesn't impact me in my everyday life. The problem is that all this information is being stored somewhere, which makes it possible for somebody to read. Not an algorithm, but a real person. Imagine a world, where the police can just go through every personal information of a suspect, read all their messages, searches and ads. It's a terrifying thought.

[dahomeboi]

Google: Advertises a privacy app

Me: Downloads privacy app

Google: Noooo! What have you done!

*I used the ads to destroy the ads*

[BSMceo]

this doesn't effect me at all I don't think, my broke ass doesn't fall for ads

[doublechin]

YouTube recommend this to me should I be worried

[theonewhoknocks]

My computer after me playing a million cod matches: “bro u wanna join da military?”

[GriffinStJean-cdwc]

“We’re not the customer we’re the product “ got me

[thespacebat]

So Google knows of all the super weird hentai I look at.

[TheEllaDarling]

Sooo... Can pregnancy test advertisers stop targeting me please? I don't know what I googled to deserve this.

[trianglepoodle]

"You know, this happens to all my friends"

I'm dead 😂

[bruhman]

Adma: "google tracks you"

meanwhile me and the boys: *laughs in duck duck go*

[harrylarche]

"I use incognito mode so I'll be safe"

and other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself

[shervinsardari]

Funny how in 2016 everyone thought this video was exaggerating, but in reality it was only the tip of the iceberg.

[finnianalt]

To be honest, I don't mind my info being sold to advertisers. I just find it interesting how much companies can find out about you when you don't explicitly tell them. And I can't remember the last time I actually bought something because of an ad.

[aidawilhelmus]

my reaction to all of this is “ ok and? like i didn’t already know that. “