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  • @14s0cc3r14
    @14s0cc3r14 Před 7 lety +4120

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

    • @GlitchyShadow13
      @GlitchyShadow13 Před 7 lety +129

      lol same

    • @andersledell8643
      @andersledell8643 Před 7 lety +175

      That1Guy my favorite type of ad is the one I get for a product that I have just purchased. I bought a pair of shoes online about a year ago from Amazon. Immediately afterwards, I went on Facebook and got an ad for the same pair of shoes. So stupid.

    • @LilChuunosuke
      @LilChuunosuke Před 7 lety +68

      IKR. I mean, I have adblock on virtually every website except CZcams, but I never get ads that cater to me. Heck, if I see an ad that I even somewhat like, I won't skip or delete it because I WANT them to stop showing me ads for junk I hate. But despite that, Google still doesn't have any idea what I like.

    • @578kakashi
      @578kakashi Před 7 lety +40

      But The ADSSSSSSSSS THEY ARE EVOLVING

    • @GuyUWishUWere
      @GuyUWishUWere Před 7 lety +77

      It's kinda depressing how much power they have v.s. how shitty their results are.

  • @oliviafreund6995
    @oliviafreund6995 Před 7 lety +2125

    I risked my identity to watch this video

    • @mindyaownbusiness4028
      @mindyaownbusiness4028 Před 7 lety +71

      Olivia, we're after you!
      We're going to find out what kind of burgers you like one way or another!

    • @oliviafreund6995
      @oliviafreund6995 Před 7 lety +37

      Wisdom Erwin NU ILL NEVER LET YOU FIND OUT!

    • @redstranger6772
      @redstranger6772 Před 7 lety +2

      Wisdom Erwin oh really?

    • @Dos-SGB
      @Dos-SGB Před 7 lety

      Olivia Freund lol

    • @JDJG3493
      @JDJG3493 Před 7 lety

      Olivia Freund They are Evil and Facebook Sucks.

  • @foczysmalec7374
    @foczysmalec7374 Před 3 lety +1025

    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

    • @georgebatshon4417
      @georgebatshon4417 Před 2 lety +3

      Which game😳

    • @asteros6387
      @asteros6387 Před 2 lety +1

      fr

    • @DozenMarks
      @DozenMarks Před 2 lety +30

      I bet it's one of those games where the ad is 100% different to the actual game, too.

    • @repeekyraidcero
      @repeekyraidcero Před 2 lety +2

      GF on same wifi ?

    • @superspice5659
      @superspice5659 Před 2 lety +7

      @@holupasecond415 ads are also targeted from close contacts of yours. I’ve connected to my friends Koreans internet and now I get some wild Korean ads.

  • @e2b265
    @e2b265 Před 3 lety +399

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

    • @liamkilpatrick5026
      @liamkilpatrick5026 Před 3 lety +46

      He wanted to see what Zuckerberg looks like in real life

    • @yeet5530
      @yeet5530 Před 2 lety +11

      @@liamkilpatrick5026 you made me spit out my water

    • @blueberry5063
      @blueberry5063 Před 2 lety

      LMAO HOW DID I JUST NOTICE THAT

    • @gsiya4023
      @gsiya4023 Před 2 lety +3

      @@liamkilpatrick5026 lmao that's what I thought when he said lizard 💀

    • @cv9541
      @cv9541 Před 2 lety

      ;p;

  • @madcuzbad8205
    @madcuzbad8205 Před 7 lety +10240

    Watching this on a website owned by Google

    • @baskogitlog7276
      @baskogitlog7276 Před 7 lety +39

      madcuzbad looking for this comment

    • @Dan-hr2lm
      @Dan-hr2lm Před 7 lety +59

      I bet anything it won't make it to trending...

    • @JDJG3493
      @JDJG3493 Před 7 lety +24

      madcuzbad No worry, Just HATE EVERY Ad expect by Nintendo and Minecraft.

    • @GuilhermeFurst
      @GuilhermeFurst Před 7 lety +7

      thought about the same thing... funny thing is, its a great content provider

    • @raulzilla
      @raulzilla Před 7 lety +7

      +Guilherme Furst the point is just that, we are selling ourselves for content. There isn't and there will never be something free.

  • @BSMceo
    @BSMceo Před 7 lety +1571

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

    • @Novers
      @Novers Před 7 lety +19

      sterling miller ad block

    • @winther2609
      @winther2609 Před 7 lety +48

      you watched this video, didn't you? youtube doesn't just come up with "random" videos for you ya know

    • @BSMceo
      @BSMceo Před 7 lety +62

      winther2609 how is that negative?

    • @VrigeHD
      @VrigeHD Před 7 lety +7

      yes they do.

    • @tobias4906
      @tobias4906 Před 7 lety +9

      maybe he has watched other collegehumor videos. lol

  • @pixbo9133
    @pixbo9133 Před rokem +72

    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.

    • @asha_vere
      @asha_vere Před rokem +2

      Granted, police being able to see people's fb statuses has led to many murders being solved.

    • @thecatwit
      @thecatwit Před 10 měsíci

      they already do that, a guy came to my school to tell use that they can go through companies stuff whenever if they think something illegal is happening.

    • @Luigi_delle_Bicocche
      @Luigi_delle_Bicocche Před 9 měsíci

      Well I don't find it a big deal, the police is a public service, even if they find out about your pornography search history or other embarrassing information, they will just ignore it because they don't even know you personally, they just need the information about their case. Actually if accessing this information is useful for them i'm in, if you are an honest person who does nothing wrong you shouldn't worry about anything, even if the police find out some secrets like if you cheat on your wife/husband they will ignore this information unless it is useful for research

    • @itsentdev
      @itsentdev Před 9 měsíci

      "I've got nothing to hide" ...And other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself!

    • @meepthewizard1240
      @meepthewizard1240 Před 3 měsíci

      They can, only it requires a lot of approval, of course they can just pay 12 dollars

  • @dahomeboi9759
    @dahomeboi9759 Před 4 lety +798

    Google: Advertises a privacy app
    Me: Downloads privacy app
    Google: Noooo! What have you done!
    *I used the ads to destroy the ads*

    • @0ceanicify
      @0ceanicify Před 3 lety +66

      Google: Here's another privacy app to help block those apps that get around the last privacy app!

    • @skiingiphonebro119
      @skiingiphonebro119 Před 3 lety +8

      Express vpn

    • @ShibuNub3305
      @ShibuNub3305 Před 3 lety +33

      *This comment is sponsored by NordVPN*

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 Před 3 lety +8

      Easiest-to-solve Problem i ever
      saw on this Channel here.
      What idiots dont use Ad-Blockers and something like
      the 'Security Badger' nowadays?
      Seriously, how stupid do you need to be to not use
      Ad-Blockers?!

    • @masterarthius8752
      @masterarthius8752 Před 3 lety +2

      @@slevinchannel7589 You just need to lack the knowledge of their existence.

  • @Lameashellcosplay
    @Lameashellcosplay Před 7 lety +12674

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

    • @salter1630
      @salter1630 Před 7 lety +169

      You can't multiply my worth and get 12. Nit even using a decimal

    • @FRD357
      @FRD357 Před 7 lety +61

      +The Forge Steel its 0.

    • @tristanevansevans9026
      @tristanevansevans9026 Před 7 lety +9

      not going to like and waste the 420

    • @HJA12358
      @HJA12358 Před 7 lety +40

      Lameashellcosplay is it $12 a month, year, or lifetime?

    • @_Everything_is_Fine_
      @_Everything_is_Fine_ Před 7 lety +18

      Your information is not you. Your information is not yours or else we could file charge against them for stealing.

  • @thespacebat
    @thespacebat Před 7 lety +844

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

    • @ssbm14
      @ssbm14 Před 7 lety +14

      Even if you pay the bill, the US do not even need a search warrant to go through your stuff. I use bing. Like they hacked your system before you go to a tor browser, they can still see everything you do even when you pay a bill to keep your information lol. They are just trying to get you to pay for a false protection through Adam. If you want to learn more about this look up Snowden.

    • @iq9844
      @iq9844 Před 7 lety +5

      thespacebat it's okay, we all do it.

    • @JesusRamirez-pu6lh
      @JesusRamirez-pu6lh Před 7 lety +45

      thespacebat now their gonna recommend you to even weirder hentai

    • @jelly6023
      @jelly6023 Před 7 lety

      lmfao, too late now

    • @Drahnier123
      @Drahnier123 Před 7 lety +7

      Please don't use Bing as a search engine if you care about your own privacy. Look into Duckduckgo

  • @theonewhoknocks2276
    @theonewhoknocks2276 Před 3 lety +41

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

    • @zinaverde5577
      @zinaverde5577 Před 3 lety +3

      i would not stop getting navy ads simply clicked on one thing about the Navy for my bf.. and somehow they figured out i was a senior in high school at the time

  • @GriffinStJean-cd3wc
    @GriffinStJean-cd3wc Před 2 lety +30

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

  • @TheEllaDarling
    @TheEllaDarling Před 7 lety +741

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

    • @passioninmyeyes555
      @passioninmyeyes555 Před 7 lety +1

      TheEllaDarling lol wut?

    • @TheEllaDarling
      @TheEllaDarling Před 7 lety +31

      I get clear blue ads on half the videos I watch, I'm 17, I'm not sure what I've been googled in order for that to happen xD

    • @yitkha986
      @yitkha986 Před 7 lety +5

      LOL :D

    • @alicafabulous7516
      @alicafabulous7516 Před 7 lety +2

      same here xD

    • @louzaps4684
      @louzaps4684 Před 7 lety +9

      I get grind advertisements you know the gay dating website. (I not even gay wtf are you trying Google)

  • @doublechin8088
    @doublechin8088 Před 7 lety +3525

    CZcams recommend this to me should I be worried

    • @cringy3007
      @cringy3007 Před 7 lety +103

      maybe

    • @falllensgaming3946
      @falllensgaming3946 Před 7 lety +11

      savage bird no you shouldn't

    • @scarvesinsummer795
      @scarvesinsummer795 Před 7 lety +13

      333rd like
      no one cares

    • @evannewman5489
      @evannewman5489 Před 7 lety +21

      mess with the birdo and you get hurto

    • @thecraigadile1494
      @thecraigadile1494 Před 7 lety +30

      Quantity of Boots So CZcams has gone turncoat and is trying to save people...No wonder their ad and demonetisation policies have been so shit recently...*Takes off sunglasses* MY GOD! How could we have been so blind! We've been bitching about them, but they are the good guys...ALERT THE MEDIA! WE NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW!

  • @trianglepoodle7571
    @trianglepoodle7571 Před 3 lety +31

    "You know, this happens to all my friends"
    I'm dead 😂

  • @aidawilhelmus2470
    @aidawilhelmus2470 Před 3 lety +90

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

    • @heat_of_the_cold
      @heat_of_the_cold Před 3 lety +14

      Yeah it’s not like we don’t know this. I mean I’m down for it. Who knows, maybe google will recommend me some cool shit, if not who cares?

    • @random_person_i_guess
      @random_person_i_guess Před 3 lety +26

      And _Adam’s reaction to _*_that_* is “Who said you didn’t know that? We’re teaching those who don’t know, and reminding those who do.”

    • @kitma9
      @kitma9 Před 3 lety +5

      you clicked on the video what did you expect

    • @VinVonVoom
      @VinVonVoom Před 2 lety +2

      When this came out this was much less common knowledge.

  • @tinyhotopicbitch
    @tinyhotopicbitch Před 7 lety +1492

    Google: *sees that i have watched this video exposing the truth about them*
    ad: *Adam from "Adam Ruins Everything" proved to be a fraud*

    • @ddsdwedqwed362
      @ddsdwedqwed362 Před 7 lety +26

      OMG XD

    • @maucelienta
      @maucelienta Před 7 lety +37

      Hahahah... But what he's saying is still true.

    • @illuminateconfirmed950
      @illuminateconfirmed950 Před 7 lety +24

      Brett Werner
      I wonder what that bright side is.....

    • @jsmith434w
      @jsmith434w Před 7 lety +46

      Facebook, Twitter: Adam Ruins Everything has been deemed as "fake news" by our "algorithms" (it's what we call our underpaid overseas third world employees), so we've taken the liberty of censoring him so you never have to see his lies ever again!

    • @moth2104
      @moth2104 Před 7 lety +4

      Will Morgin it's a joke

  • @MinecrafWolf
    @MinecrafWolf Před 7 lety +2838

    I'd be worried, but then I remember how much porn Google has to look at

    • @lonely2186
      @lonely2186 Před 7 lety +222

      +Obito you really think someone sits down and looks through this shit... No they use algorithms and filters.

    • @obito8690
      @obito8690 Před 7 lety +31

      Sean Rosholt ik they don't but like they're gonna be annoyed lmao

    • @jamesyeoman794
      @jamesyeoman794 Před 7 lety +17

      The Wolf-God the google headquarters must look like a winter wonderland right about now then?

    • @SessionOfGaming
      @SessionOfGaming Před 7 lety +23

      I was going to like this comment until I realized that google has computers that handles their stuff for them.

    • @VixeyTeh
      @VixeyTeh Před 7 lety +55

      TheGamingSession ... so somewhere out there, a computer exists purely to watch porn.

  • @bruhman2995
    @bruhman2995 Před 3 lety +179

    Adma: "google tracks you"
    meanwhile me and the boys: *laughs in duck duck go*

    • @megagame
      @megagame Před 3 lety +27

      you didn't listen, Google's tracking is on other sites to, like youtybe, but even when not using any Google own site, so many other sites use ad system by Google, and those track you.

    • @filip9564
      @filip9564 Před 2 lety +9

      Or maybe it was TOR browser

    • @chillmusic7977
      @chillmusic7977 Před 2 lety +9

      @@filip9564 Yeah you can't easily browse the regular web with TOR tho. Websites forbid the access through their servers from TOR, with the purpose of tracking you

    • @sparrowcide
      @sparrowcide Před 2 lety +5

      Just wait till you click on any website. Then you'll see whose laughing.

    • @pritiagarwal5599
      @pritiagarwal5599 Před 2 lety +4

      How do you know that the duck isnt just another wolf ?

  • @finnianalt1801
    @finnianalt1801 Před 3 lety +28

    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.

    • @zinaverde5577
      @zinaverde5577 Před 3 lety +3

      exactly. it’s only really praying on the people who wanna spend money anyways , they just give them suggestions. No one is making them buy it. Now appearing false ads and information is something different

    • @mehraneh1554
      @mehraneh1554 Před 3 lety +7

      doesn't matter. the fact that they know so much about you is the real problem. and of course these companies give this information to governments too, even if they may not admit it. i don't know about you but i personally don't want any government to have that much leverage over me

    • @gametmane1093
      @gametmane1093 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mehraneh1554 Yah the fact that they sell the information to governments is the real problem

    • @potato1341
      @potato1341 Před rokem +8

      @@mehraneh1554 They don't know about you, keywords in your system get put into an algorithm and that algorithm adds up the other keywords you use to determine the general area of the person you are. For them to actually understand you as a human would require far more information, real humans, psychological studies and other things they wouldn't give a crap about cause it'd be far too much effort for too little payoff. Unless you're spilling every one of your thoughts, opinions, activities etc. onto a website, they're getting at most a handful of generalised properties that they can use to sell stuff to you based on the demographics they find you to fit in to.

  • @harrylarche9314
    @harrylarche9314 Před 5 lety +2977

    "I use incognito mode so I'll be safe"
    and other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself

    • @mrknuser2501
      @mrknuser2501 Před 5 lety +163

      it literally says it when u open incognito mode that they still know what sites u get in and activities u do the only difference is that it doesnt get saved in browser history for the porn lovers out there xd

    • @HoloFlight_118
      @HoloFlight_118 Před 5 lety +21

      Try using tenta browser (the real incognito browser) not sponsored.

    • @youngbadger6656
      @youngbadger6656 Před 5 lety +8

      MrCrusherr THATS RHE FUCKING JOKE OMG UR SO DUMB

    • @CircumCrippledTV
      @CircumCrippledTV Před 5 lety +43

      *Circumcision makes sex safer!*



      …and other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself

    • @thelatenightgamer2624
      @thelatenightgamer2624 Před 5 lety +10

      VPN

  • @daisyhinojosa23
    @daisyhinojosa23 Před 7 lety +3552

    Joke's on them cuz I'm broke & cant buy anything :D

    • @charlotted4642
      @charlotted4642 Před 7 lety +26

      daisyhinojosa23 same

    • @GrapeThePurpleCat
      @GrapeThePurpleCat Před 7 lety +25

      daisyhinojosa23 ikr, im just scrolling past ads think i need a job

    • @davidlewis6728
      @davidlewis6728 Před 7 lety +56

      i install adblocks, never buy anything on the internet (usually), don't use social media, and have little to hide, overall. so, i am like a free loader i guess.

    • @DanielDTUBWeinberger
      @DanielDTUBWeinberger Před 7 lety +10

      same, and even so i don't get my wants off of ads

    • @senjour
      @senjour Před 7 lety +1

      they knew it before you did !

  • @abhishekm3752
    @abhishekm3752 Před 4 lety +11

    Never bought anything related to ad on internet.
    And 100% of ads of fast food chain i receive is only after I have eaten it, which is completely useless.

  • @mr-cactus1519
    @mr-cactus1519 Před 3 lety +41

    if only they could get nordvpn to sponsor them
    thatd be comedy gold

  • @teamfruitsalad7335
    @teamfruitsalad7335 Před 7 lety +1340

    Jokes on you, I want you fuckers to know I'm looking for hot single mom's in my area.

  • @demillethurman1006
    @demillethurman1006 Před 6 lety +817

    *Google observes how many views this video gets*
    "They're becoming self aware..."

    • @meledo
      @meledo Před 6 lety +4

      nice reference but the thing is that it is true. They are becoming self aware.

    • @anshats8947
      @anshats8947 Před 6 lety +6

      QUICK! DEMONITIZEE

    • @im_justsb
      @im_justsb Před 6 lety +3

      Just like monika

    • @Phoenix-nk8tg
      @Phoenix-nk8tg Před 6 lety +1

      *JUST MONIKA*

    • @izero5918
      @izero5918 Před 6 lety +1

      Google the observer

  • @joedub5486
    @joedub5486 Před 3 lety +59

    I'm suprised that adam was never silenced or "wacked" because of this

    • @khalyleedwards7735
      @khalyleedwards7735 Před 2 lety +1

      It probably would have happened if his videos got around 100 million views

    • @ZorotheGallade
      @ZorotheGallade Před 2 lety +5

      Big corps don't care that people know. As long as the customers at large keep falling for it, they turn in a profit.

    • @estherodanga4238
      @estherodanga4238 Před 2 lety +1

      They know that even if we know, we won't do anything about it. We are already hooked and getting technologically advanced. As 1 person quits, 15 people get into the matrix.

    • @joedub5486
      @joedub5486 Před 2 lety

      I realize that but I do feel this isn’t as terrifying as it seems it’s a much more simple survey of each personality

    • @1Manhunt7
      @1Manhunt7 Před 2 lety

      The thing is. Now I know but I still use Facebook and google so yeah. No danger

  • @nahnvm8493
    @nahnvm8493 Před 2 lety +2

    This is the best shot adam ruins everything. It looks so beautiful.

  • @shervinsardari
    @shervinsardari Před 5 lety +687

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

  • @horesfan400
    @horesfan400 Před 7 lety +4360

    "That's impossible! How is he immune to our ads?"
    "He's The One"

    • @salter1630
      @salter1630 Před 7 lety +406

      "He's the Adblocker"

    • @talibong9518
      @talibong9518 Před 7 lety +137

      It's MEEEEEEE! wait, is having no money the same thing as being immune?

    • @QuartzIsAnOxide
      @QuartzIsAnOxide Před 7 lety +94

      "There is no ad"

    • @russellloncon5372
      @russellloncon5372 Před 7 lety +52

      does she know...DOES SHE KNOW SHE IS AN AD

    • @scenepunk09
      @scenepunk09 Před 7 lety +19

      This is funny but also an add to the matrix...

  • @Grandpa...
    @Grandpa... Před 3 lety +6

    social media is like gulag, once you entered, you can never leave

  • @zubiprime
    @zubiprime Před 4 lety +28

    So after typing this comment, I know that THEY know that I know that THEY know that I know that they’re monitoring us.

  • @ScrotN
    @ScrotN Před 4 lety +845

    People who go to porn hub on incognito mode: *Sweats intensity level 1000*

    • @nerze3157
      @nerze3157 Před 4 lety +44

      Actually, since pornhub doesn't use google services, or facebook ones, you're not tracked by them there. Usually you're tracked on websites that uses Facebook API (that nice "Like" button for example) or google Ads (And there's a shit ton of websites that uses them, usually not the porn ones though)

    • @kek105
      @kek105 Před 4 lety +30

      Me:*Sweats intensity level 1000*
      Google: roses are red
      violets are blue
      welcome senpai
      I know you watch hentai

    • @fodfo44
      @fodfo44 Před 4 lety +4

      Yea, but how would they know that it is you using the computer and not someone else.

    • @JedStainthorp
      @JedStainthorp Před 4 lety +1

      @@DJMMLJ You could use Tor to prevent google and facebook from tracking you (while you are not logged into the website).

    • @MrMango331
      @MrMango331 Před 4 lety +1

      I just use it so I don't need to wipe my search history so often

  • @blindworm7857
    @blindworm7857 Před 6 lety +399

    "One risk taking homosexual please"

    • @ouijaclown
      @ouijaclown Před 6 lety +9

      Nico di Angelo is My Cinnamon Roll Hello! :) You called?

    • @blindworm7857
      @blindworm7857 Před 6 lety +13

      It's James *Never underestimate a risk taking homosexual*

    • @spikegilfer1997
      @spikegilfer1997 Před 6 lety +8

      Convincing one's father to come to the aid of Olympus is a pretty big risk.
      In that case, you want someone to bring you your cinnamon roll.

    • @pierce3087
      @pierce3087 Před 6 lety +3

      OH MY GOD I LOVE NICO

    • @ayesha7409
      @ayesha7409 Před 6 lety

      Nico di Angelo is My Cinnamon Roll
      I didn't understand until I read your username. Nico Di Angelo YAAS

  • @system128
    @system128 Před rokem +1

    This video was the plant that led me down the rabbit hole of free, open source software and internet privacy starting 2019, and now I am a total geek. Thanks, Adam Conover

  • @pedrogromann3372
    @pedrogromann3372 Před 2 lety +1

    This video helped me write an essay to get into college, the theme of the essay was about the information tracking and selling and we were suposed to give a solution, i didnt gave one, justified with "people choose to have their info sold when they accept the terms and conditions, most times, without reading it."

  • @ArKeTiCt
    @ArKeTiCt Před 4 lety +1233

    *Google Would like to know your location*
    *-- Allow* *-- Deny*
    *But either way your location would still be known*

    • @empty3280
      @empty3280 Před 3 lety +38

      It also gives a sense of choice and security

    • @ArKeTiCt
      @ArKeTiCt Před 3 lety +54

      @@empty3280 rather an 'illusion of choice'

    • @seamusquain2706
      @seamusquain2706 Před 3 lety +4

      Ah Yes, Ironic, Is It Not?

    • @azielcorporal9294
      @azielcorporal9294 Před 3 lety +3

      I agree on this one

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 Před 3 lety +4

      Easiest-to-solve Problem i ever
      saw on this Channel here.
      What idiots dont use Ad-Blockers and something like
      the 'Security Badger' nowadays?
      Seriously, how stupid do you need to be to not use
      Ad-Blockers?!

  • @simplyabdou8425
    @simplyabdou8425 Před 7 lety +1898

    Adam how is your hair so perfect dude ?

    • @conorhealy2763
      @conorhealy2763 Před 7 lety +199

      ads

    • @astropants469
      @astropants469 Před 7 lety +58

      Conor Healy *aids

    • @dextermott2113
      @dextermott2113 Před 7 lety +15

      Its not perfect he looks like a pinecone

    • @MrJeb123
      @MrJeb123 Před 7 lety +67

      He ruins everything, except for his hair.

    • @cyanmanta
      @cyanmanta Před 7 lety +3

      It fits his character. People are just living their lives in peace and then he comes in like a wre-e-ecking balllllll...

  • @sharonefee1426
    @sharonefee1426 Před 4 lety +21

    Well, this isn't new. Though I got so many ads for males about "delicious" stuff and that's despite... well... not being a male. But I see it again and again. Not as much as in the past, when weird ads popped up "Do you want to see naked women" (The answer is still no, I'm not lesbian, GOOGLE), but still.
    But the thing is this: as long as it only ads... Screw, I don't care from advertiment. Sure, sometimes I may enter them, but it never ends up in buying. The problem starts when it is used to other stuff...

    • @whatsupwithrenzyt5057
      @whatsupwithrenzyt5057 Před 3 lety

      What about your recommendations? Your parents might think your a whore because perverted ads keep popping and i watch this full episode in trutv and they said they can also sell your information for governor spies that might try to assassinate you if you are involve to the governments secret. But that won't likely happen because i think you and almost everyone are innocent

    • @goroakechi6126
      @goroakechi6126 Před 2 lety

      @@whatsupwithrenzyt5057
      The latter half is not true. However, Governments can access for your Google information. Google’s been pretty strict about how much information they allow, but I doubt that that will last forever.

  • @ehudgavron9086
    @ehudgavron9086 Před 4 lety

    Oh, Adam.
    You and the team rock.

  • @jaejaedrew
    @jaejaedrew Před 7 lety +1158

    Get a VPN, Get Adblock, Never use your real name, age or Adress. Problem Solved.

  • @Wizard4k
    @Wizard4k Před 6 lety +215

    So google is watching me watch a video about google watching me...huh

    • @TheZephyrsWind
      @TheZephyrsWind Před 6 lety +3

      Google has nothing to really send at me. I have no money, so they just send ads I can't even give into and buy.

    • @meissmart6678
      @meissmart6678 Před 6 lety +8

      **Skitter X** Now Google is watching you talk about how Google is watching you for watching a video about Google watching you.

    • @meissmart6678
      @meissmart6678 Před 6 lety +2

      *Seth Imfall* this is ADVANCED

    • @universegambler2056
      @universegambler2056 Před 6 lety +1

      Meis smart Now Google is watching you talk about how Google is watching Skitter X talk about how google is watching him/her/it while he's watching a video about Google watching everyone which is also watched by google.

    • @Seshpai
      @Seshpai Před 6 lety +1

      Universe Gambler I doubt even google can keep up with all this confusion!

  • @Felipemelazzi
    @Felipemelazzi Před 3 lety +3

    Fabio Akita brought me here to watch this again.
    I love Adam Ruins Everything!

  • @jamie8032
    @jamie8032 Před 2 lety

    Just discovered this channel now i'm on an Adam ruins everything binge

  • @gamerthxttie6439
    @gamerthxttie6439 Před 6 lety +528

    Can't buy anything when you see an ad if you don't have money

    • @awnaw5529
      @awnaw5529 Před 6 lety +14

      Katsuki Gaming smart

    • @thepixelatedgirl4741
      @thepixelatedgirl4741 Před 6 lety +1

      Yep 😄🤔😞

    • @heavypokelover5532
      @heavypokelover5532 Před 6 lety +5

      Yakob 41102 *Cant use the internet if you don’t have money*

    • @ilovefunnyamv2nd
      @ilovefunnyamv2nd Před 6 lety +3

      You dont have money because you already spent it buying their product, you just dont realize it, the perfect sheep

    • @regularshow960
      @regularshow960 Před 6 lety +2

      **black guy pointing to his head meme**

  • @sarahkirchner6356
    @sarahkirchner6356 Před 6 lety +1094

    When I was pregnant with my 3. child I didn't watch any pregnancy related stuff because I already got everything for my previous children and didn't need anything. Then I wrote in a private message to one friend in Facebook that I'm pregnant. But I didn't exactly write that I'm pregnant, I just wrote that we soon will be five. Next time I used the internet it was full with pregnancy and baby adds. Diapers, bibs, baby clothes, pregnancy vitamins etc... I didn't know if I should be impressed or scared.

    • @ericbazinga
      @ericbazinga Před 6 lety +121

      Sarah Kirchner Both

    • @Psykoged
      @Psykoged Před 6 lety +100

      Sarah Kirchner interesting... I don't think the A.I would've been able to infer your pregnancy from that sentence... However... It might've tracked your friends saying "Sarah is pregnant" a bunch of times and concluded that "pregnant" was related to you.

    • @auralynn3862
      @auralynn3862 Před 6 lety +72

      Adblockers control what shows up on your screen, *NOT* what they can read in-transit.

    • @sarahkirchner6356
      @sarahkirchner6356 Před 6 lety +6

      Beastly maybe you are right.

    • @ClixxBro
      @ClixxBro Před 6 lety +3

      Sarah Kirchner both impressed and scared

  • @theneoreformationist
    @theneoreformationist Před 10 měsíci

    This was really good cinematography!

  • @purpleplant3842
    @purpleplant3842 Před 2 lety +2

    I just read 'the circle' by dave eggers. It deals with this topic and is really interesting. It shows how far this whole thing could go.

  • @alexandertheok5649
    @alexandertheok5649 Před 7 lety +468

    God I'm so sorry for the google employee that sees what I do on the Internet. I could be scarring him for life... meh. It's Google's fault.

    • @Momo21321
      @Momo21321 Před 7 lety +5

      Sherlock Holmes its mostly tracking software,they don't see videos or pictures,just titles and things you do.

    • @CloudShys
      @CloudShys Před 7 lety +3

      Muinul Islam like pornhub n brazzers n bangbros

    • @alexandertheok5649
      @alexandertheok5649 Před 7 lety +9

      Cloud155 that's baby stuff. I usually go down on the deep web. And anyone watching would likely check the links. So yeah. I'm scarring the google employees.

    • @Momo21321
      @Momo21321 Před 7 lety +4

      Sherlock Holmes well,the only way to get to the dark web (which i assume your talking about and not the deep web which are completely different) you would have to use something to get to it like tor which is an anonymous browser not controlled by google

    • @alexandertheok5649
      @alexandertheok5649 Před 7 lety +8

      Muinul Islam do you really want me NOT to scar the shit out of those creepy stalkers? Let it as it is.

  • @fqidz
    @fqidz Před 5 lety +767

    the irony that we are watching this in the internet

  • @jackcarraway4707
    @jackcarraway4707 Před 3 lety +16

    One of the few times I thoroughly agree with Adam. Companies like Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have their tentacles all over the Internet and we don't know hownfar they go; it makes effectively boycotting them nigh impossible bar simply not using the Internet.

    • @kellychuang8373
      @kellychuang8373 Před 6 měsíci

      Also can suspect that and also Facebook and Instagram really went to rip-off territory just went through the sites going into a blank page when I had a profile back around November 14 and just a week after that I quit and did a deletion or think I got that out of there who knows what's left floating but I'm sure I did. Really not always what it is of social media that's for sure let alone trust it as real since you're more likely to be WRONG on that.

  • @system128
    @system128 Před 4 měsíci

    I first watched this video about 4 years ago. It kick-started the Linux/FOSS software user pipeline for me. Thanks, Adam.

  • @OttoTheSmartass
    @OttoTheSmartass Před 7 lety +830

    This is common knowledge. And honestly I don't give a shit.

    • @SixAddams
      @SixAddams Před 7 lety +10

      Thats what stupid people say.

    • @jamesheadland2311
      @jamesheadland2311 Před 7 lety +20

      Smartass I don't care either, I get free services and ads for companies a actually use

    • @blackboard212
      @blackboard212 Před 7 lety +1

      +Six .. when your doing nothing illegal and what not why would he give a shit what google keeps on him haha. google r not smart enough to figure out what i like most yet :D but that aside fb will never know coz all i do is hop on to see msgs and sometimes post a utube vid link.

    • @JayfeatherFan1000
      @JayfeatherFan1000 Před 7 lety +8

      The reason I don't give a shit, personally, is because I'd rather have the practically-free services and just put up with ads and whatever else they're doing. I've not had any issues from it yet, so I don't give a damn.

    • @mechasentai
      @mechasentai Před 7 lety +1

      This can lead to problems like anorexia because of the bombardement of ads telling you how you should be. Issues anorexia can kill people.

  • @headlightdear
    @headlightdear Před 6 lety +804

    He warned us

    • @harshpherwani6590
      @harshpherwani6590 Před 6 lety +1

      לביא גלזמן yes he did

    • @killr_millerlite
      @killr_millerlite Před 6 lety +2

      לביא גלזמן he warned us he warned us all

    • @contrafax
      @contrafax Před 6 lety +9

      I love how every one was surprised by the Data Analytical scandal. Face does that every day. Oops *Cambridge analytica

    • @ars731
      @ars731 Před 6 lety +4

      Alas, no one listened. Poor Adam, he tried so hard to warn us but we foolishly ignored him

    • @Molletedefrijol
      @Molletedefrijol Před 6 lety +2

      Just download Tor?

  • @bunnybro5977
    @bunnybro5977 Před 3 lety +16

    Love how nowadays literally everyone knows this,but now we just live with it

    • @richardsavings6690
      @richardsavings6690 Před rokem +3

      Well, by the time we learned all this, we've already been on the net for too long. Damage is already done.

  • @gabrielpartanen1194
    @gabrielpartanen1194 Před 3 lety +1

    I love that this is on youtube.

  • @imatyerdads3004
    @imatyerdads3004 Před 6 lety +554

    “One risk taking homosexual, please”

  • @broballistic7051
    @broballistic7051 Před 6 lety +403

    Love that this video came out before the Cambridge analytica facebook scandal

  • @cerebroferby9163
    @cerebroferby9163 Před 3 lety +3

    3:50 is hilarious!!🤣

  • @timhare9867
    @timhare9867 Před 3 lety +2

    Makes you almost not want to go for an interview at Google if the first thing they say to you is “let’s start off by saying we know all your secrets.”

  • @boiofkoi
    @boiofkoi Před 5 lety +466

    Ironic that we’re watching on the free website of CZcams...

    • @bodiezane356
      @bodiezane356 Před 5 lety +11

      yeah well lets put free in quotation marks

    • @kriskropd
      @kriskropd Před 5 lety +8

      How is that ironic? Google owns CZcams.

    • @HellBlade-od2mf
      @HellBlade-od2mf Před 5 lety +3

      And this video is about google also?

    • @sriram19811
      @sriram19811 Před 5 lety

      It's not ironic ironic means unexpected

    • @sriram19811
      @sriram19811 Před 5 lety

      @Cameron Waycaster it's not physically seeing just collect possible data for ads

  • @MrMjwoodford
    @MrMjwoodford Před 4 lety +772

    "We're not the customer; we're the product."
    Same business model with TV, with the media generally: they sell audiences to advertisers.

    • @meghanachauhan9380
      @meghanachauhan9380 Před 4 lety +23

      I legitimately don't understand why these numbskulls are so paranoid about google tracking them. Companies have been doing it for decades. Heck psychology books make best sellers on business sections. And Google is being made the scapegoat so corporates can escape with the much more "experimental" things they do

    • @Melon_studios
      @Melon_studios Před 3 lety +7

      @@meghanachauhan9380 I don't rly mind companies know my shit, if they sell me products relevant to me how is that a problem. Better than being spammed with shit I never would want

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 Před 3 lety +2

      Easiest-to-solve Problem i ever
      saw on this Channel here.
      What idiots dont use Ad-Blockers and something like
      the 'Security Badger' nowadays?
      Seriously, how stupid do you need to be to not use
      Ad-Blockers?!

    • @Anonymous-js5zn
      @Anonymous-js5zn Před 3 lety +1

      @@slevinchannel7589 Don't those cost money, though?

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Anonymous-js5zn No?
      Not that I've ever seen one?
      Why? Did yours cost one? Haha. Then i believe you have been ripped-off - MAYBE.
      But seriously: Nope, mine dont cost anything.

  • @Boyakishan
    @Boyakishan Před 2 lety +1

    This is why I decide to not even click or notice ads for too long

  • @SwagKotik
    @SwagKotik Před 3 lety

    2:16 thanks for the flashbacks :D

  • @dropout
    @dropout  Před 7 lety +1931

    If you liked the video, can you grab us a latte from the Starbucks that YOU'RE AT RIGHT NOW, JAMIE???

    • @dropout
      @dropout  Před 7 lety +265

      We're hoping this F's with one person so hard.

    • @taro6940
      @taro6940 Před 7 lety +11

      CollegeHumor lmfao

    • @richardgeorge6121
      @richardgeorge6121 Před 7 lety +5

      CollegeHumor lol

    • @RegenerationOfficial
      @RegenerationOfficial Před 7 lety +6

      adblocker? i realy miss this guy

    • @DrunkBSshow
      @DrunkBSshow Před 7 lety +23

      But if I like this video that means google is tracking my history! OH GOD! I hate being targeted with advertisements that are relevant to my interests!!...er.... wait...

  • @jeffreyzheng8875
    @jeffreyzheng8875 Před 4 lety +682

    Meanwhile google advertise gambling to a ten-year-old

    • @rmountains3519
      @rmountains3519 Před 4 lety +18

      I guess they can tell your future?
      Either that or they're trying to make you addicted to gambling... You should sue them 🤔.

    • @naffal1538
      @naffal1538 Před 4 lety +14

      Or the parents a gamblers.

    • @iamacatperson7226
      @iamacatperson7226 Před 4 lety +5

      @@rmountains3519 Sue google, that sounds like an amazing Idea, if yu can win against a VERY, VERY rich company, props to you

    • @yestermorrow3223
      @yestermorrow3223 Před 3 lety +8

      Google (CZcams) kept advertising me soap for men when I was 12. An 12 year old girl. I can still remember the line “your not a dish, your a man.”

    • @crowthorn23
      @crowthorn23 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeap, cept a 17 year old also gets ads for the wrong console he uses, the incorrect stores and incorrect games

  • @HughDoesStuff
    @HughDoesStuff Před 2 měsíci

    its the pause before "yes" that broke me... 25 seconds in too

  • @elitomegah7192
    @elitomegah7192 Před 3 lety

    This is like being told all that I did on the day of judgement and regretting ever doing them. The part that got to me the most was the 12 dollars.

  • @pm0913
    @pm0913 Před 7 lety +3664

    I can't believe some people didn't already know this. How else will they make money if you refuse to pay them?

    • @enablingbuzz1662
      @enablingbuzz1662 Před 7 lety +83

      well it's less that people refuse to pay and more that the option was never there because of how the internet has developed..you can't just order an internet package for 12 bucks.

    • @pm0913
      @pm0913 Před 7 lety +38

      Enablingbuzz That's true. But it's slowly appearing with premium and ad-free packages popping up everywhere. And people complain about them like they're the damn plague, just as much as they complain about the ads. ("I hate those damn ads, but I'm not about to pay them a whole 12 dollars a month!! They're taking my money!!") People are getting the option but many I know refuse to take it because they're cynical about the capitalist schemes to make more money - those same people will unplug and damn near throw out every electronic in their house after watching an Edward Snowden documentary. It's just annoying.

    • @enablingbuzz1662
      @enablingbuzz1662 Před 7 lety +13

      Promise Mitchell Name a package that you are familiar with, i want to dig around see exactly what is being offered, who is getting paid for it and how it stops what was mentioned in the video and why you need to pay every month when all this info is worth 12 bucks for a life time.

    • @pm0913
      @pm0913 Před 7 lety +9

      Enablingbuzz I may be misinformed so whatever you find, let me know (I'll do some searching of my own in the meantime). And I know of the spotify, and Pandora packages. Not much, but it doesn't advertise - which I assume means doesn't sell the data since you pay. Google has CZcams Red that comes without ads with a monthly also with no ads. Realistically, CZcams is run by Google so they'd probably use it anyway. To avoid the whole Facebook thing I'd imagine you can just stop using Facebook. However, I have only watched this one video and don't care much about anything I do on the internet being tracked by the government. The only thing that bothers me about ads is how long they take to load when my internet is slow. I have elementary knowledge of topic so I don't have much else to say. But I've been convinced that I should be somewhat concerned about this.

    • @hozukishike
      @hozukishike Před 7 lety +22

      if you're not a cyber criminals, high government officials or celebrities, you should be fine and this shouldn't be your concern. I mean they collect data about your personal preferences to sell you stuffs that you might be interested in, it could benefits you in someway, like products that you would never know it exist without those ads, that might help with the efficiency of your jobs, or a stuff of your hobby. There are so many people using the internet that your data is just there to represent a group of people with the same interests and nothing more, they don't have any reason to spy on you. Also, corporation and government have their own network to transfer informations and doesn't have to send email through internet services like Yahoo or Google.

  • @Jonseredi
    @Jonseredi Před 7 lety +326

    And here am I thinking is there a 15 minute survey I can do for Google so that the ads and recommendations would actually be good?

  • @e2b265
    @e2b265 Před 3 lety

    I keep getting an ad that literally starts with “Your friends in ___” and I’m not getting any product that tells me it’s stalking me in the first 5 seconds.

  • @ovencore2549
    @ovencore2549 Před 3 lety +1

    Ad companies:tries to show me ads
    Me: laughs in adblock

  • @jalonglover4488
    @jalonglover4488 Před 4 lety +317

    Google must be like "I'm so tired of looking at porn."🙄

    • @banh_mi857
      @banh_mi857 Před 4 lety +17

      Google: "We have the information for a risk taking homosexual? Do porn ads exist on CZcams?

    • @sunstoneocelot9361
      @sunstoneocelot9361 Před 4 lety +2

      Jalon Glover my brothers google account be like

    • @jalonglover4488
      @jalonglover4488 Před 4 lety +1

      @@banh_mi857 I know you're kidding but yes yes it does.

    • @jalonglover4488
      @jalonglover4488 Před 4 lety +2

      @@sunstoneocelot9361 middle schoolers Google account be like.

    • @spinoplays6703
      @spinoplays6703 Před 4 lety +2

      @@jalonglover4488 High schoolers: Are we a joke?

  • @bronsolo6941
    @bronsolo6941 Před 7 lety +283

    I really thought this was common knowledge

    • @WolfyzP0W
      @WolfyzP0W Před 7 lety +1

      Bronson Fife
      Clearly it's not as they had to make an episode about it. Good thing they did, now a lot of people know.

    • @tahaistheboss98
      @tahaistheboss98 Před 7 lety +2

      Bronson Fife i don't understand the paranoia? If there is an ad that i don't want others to see, I can just report it? And how else are these businesses supposed to manage, I know I can't do shit without them nowadays..

    • @bronsolo6941
      @bronsolo6941 Před 7 lety

      Klienbottle Enthusiast yeah for real

    • @bronsolo6941
      @bronsolo6941 Před 7 lety

      Klienbottle Enthusiast basically yeH

    • @verx4854
      @verx4854 Před 7 lety +1

      ad block is a saver

  • @g0thicr1tuai96
    @g0thicr1tuai96 Před 2 lety +1

    One time my siblings and I were talking about how we need a therepist and when one of my siblings opened Facebook the first thing they see is an ad for a therepist

    • @purpleplant3842
      @purpleplant3842 Před 2 lety

      Yeah, creepy.
      I once searched for craftsman-stores on my phone and a couple days later my boyfriend who I live with got advetisements of the same store on his laptop.

  • @tktk7652
    @tktk7652 Před 4 lety +1

    Omg this made me sob

  • @Hammybread
    @Hammybread Před 6 lety +319

    Now i understand why companies hate adblock, because we want free services but also want to stop them targeting us with ads therefore freeing ourselves of being the "product" but the fact still remains our information is still tracked and collected

    • @alexanderhamilton6725
      @alexanderhamilton6725 Před 6 lety +11

      and? You just heard them say "billions of users" they couldnt process your info personally. Your info is simply run through programs and algorithms to apply to your browsing. It really isnt like they show here, which normally theyre better about not fear mongering, but there isnt some scary guy looking at what you do. Really its just a data program that read what you typed like "I love burgers" then ran it through multiple calculations then slotted your info with a million other people then sold that bundle to fast food and other burger chains. Its not some scary big brother thing.

    • @Predated1
      @Predated1 Před 6 lety +11

      Besides, they made a really bad comparison
      "your interests, your personality, your relationships, your privacy, those things are priceless, but you gave it away for just 12$"
      You didnt give it away, they are still priceless. Like a company selling the information you gave them about being interested in modeltrains will stop being an interest all of the sudden. All you get is a company trying to make you buy modeltrains from their shop instead of a different one. They buy the info they need. It's not like McDonalds wants to know what kind of car you own. They rather want to know when and where to advertise. If you take a daily scroll through facebook around dinnertime, you're going to end up getting ads from the highest bidder. It's quite simple actually.
      As for privacy: your data is being collected, by computers, then scanned for certain keywords and keyphrases, by computers, then are compared to your internet behaviour, by computers. Then the same computers make a small file with what you are interested in. Companies buying the info are actually buying in bulk based on interests and only need the names and links to accounts and IP.
      I'm not afraid of any company untill ads are specifically refering to things I did earlier, like "You think those clothes are too expensive in store X? Click here to get massive discounts."

    • @Divaad95
      @Divaad95 Před 6 lety +1

      honestly, don't mind being targeted with ads I quite often find clothes I like thanks to them im not a dog that eats because foods is put in front of me though I don't have to buy things I have self control so I really don't see the problem. This is only a problem for idiots.

    • @ericgriffin5085
      @ericgriffin5085 Před 6 lety

      Twisted liziards+ Why, without ads there is no reason to buy other people's information. KFC isn't going to care if you search for cat videos. When the possibility for advertising is removed, your data loses it's value.

    • @Ezullof
      @Ezullof Před 6 lety

      No you don't. They hate adblock not because it blocks ads, but because it's actually "stoling" the infos they want to gather about you, and probably resells them to that companies. It also lowers the price of ads.
      Adblock isn't a white knight who came to rescue us. If you really want to escape the Matrix, you need to put more efforts in it.

  • @danielidarza7544
    @danielidarza7544 Před 7 lety +666

    "How deep Facebook's tentacle's go" 😂

  • @FR_Bikes
    @FR_Bikes Před 3 lety +1

    Adam-“This Happens To All My Friends”
    Me-“You Have Friends???? XD”

  • @prxducerhxktxk
    @prxducerhxktxk Před 3 lety +3

    I'm worth twelve dollars. Thats twelve dollars more than I thought I was worth

  • @mohammedtamer9419
    @mohammedtamer9419 Před 4 lety +1473

    I can't believe someone is wasting his/her time tracking me XD

    • @ryanlouise1332
      @ryanlouise1332 Před 4 lety +84

      Wasting precious time from a robots life. Ya very sad.

    • @matthewcastillo9951
      @matthewcastillo9951 Před 4 lety +22

      They funny thing is we are all being tracked. And this started happening way before the internet. Now the internet makes it way easier for out masters.

    • @LookingGlass69
      @LookingGlass69 Před 4 lety +1

      I know right

    • @eno4516
      @eno4516 Před 4 lety +6

      I think it's more of a robot that tracks everything you do and then keeps that infomation somewhere for whenever they need it

    • @kevinhyseni4339
      @kevinhyseni4339 Před 4 lety +2

      Its a bot but hey its still not worth its time for you so haha

  • @sasakiumiquema9608
    @sasakiumiquema9608 Před 6 lety +1943

    *deletes facebook, throws phone into a pond and runs for the forest*
    Who am I kidding ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @blueberrymayhem6074
      @blueberrymayhem6074 Před 6 lety +53

      Sasaki Umiquema
      *bird flies by*
      *drops message*
      Do you like annoying people telling you useless info? Try algebra tutoring for 999.99$ a second!

    • @tackyoptic
      @tackyoptic Před 6 lety +12

      Sasaki Umiquema *Google maps*

    • @marinaskurichina572
      @marinaskurichina572 Před 6 lety +1

      Sasaki Umiquema i

    • @minecraftminertime
      @minecraftminertime Před 6 lety +7

      Google maps can still record you with satellite

    • @sirzechsgr6330
      @sirzechsgr6330 Před 6 lety +3

      When you go into the forest avoid the stairs , don't go up in them and don't touch them , just ignore them .

  • @fab2225
    @fab2225 Před 3 lety +1

    5:53 that’s exactly how my last shroom trip went. It was so bad

  • @taskbarenhancer3386
    @taskbarenhancer3386 Před 4 lety +1

    all Adam's videos have over 5 million views. he is the real money maker.

  • @bretttaylor4840
    @bretttaylor4840 Před 7 lety +117

    No joke at 4:05 my Google based phone paused the video and said "if you said something, I didn't hear what it was". I'm scared lol

    • @robertburbank3202
      @robertburbank3202 Před 7 lety +6

      that just happens when you accidentally activate google voice search

    • @bretttaylor4840
      @bretttaylor4840 Před 7 lety +5

      Robert Burbank I know it was just freaky at the time

    • @robertburbank3202
      @robertburbank3202 Před 7 lety +1

      Joseph Anderson ok lol

    • @gunnersmit
      @gunnersmit Před 7 lety +5

      Joseph Anderson my phone just shut off a the same time 0_0

    • @swxsp00ky99
      @swxsp00ky99 Před 7 lety +5

      and then the andriod users laughed. like me.

  • @Rymskaaa
    @Rymskaaa Před 7 lety +808

    All of the people saying "AdBlock"
    Using adblock doesn't prevent them seeing your information, m8.

    • @LilacMonarch
      @LilacMonarch Před 7 lety +52

      MasterDAIR but it makes your information worth less

    • @Rymskaaa
      @Rymskaaa Před 7 lety +1

      How? Explain.

    • @Walshyyy420
      @Walshyyy420 Před 7 lety +42

      MasterDAIR because then the ads don't work and they will know they don't work thus making you worth less, it's like economics 101

    • @Rymskaaa
      @Rymskaaa Před 7 lety +2

      How will they be able to know it won't work though? Money is only given if you click on the ad (on sites like Google). So it's just like you didn't click it. They won't know unless they do something directly to find out. They won't know if you use AdBlock because Ads don't work, because the same result would come from someone seeing the ad but not clicking it. (Some types of ads do work differently, but the majority work like this)

    • @korabi7484
      @korabi7484 Před 7 lety +4

      Adblock does block search result ads (the sponsored ones )

  • @jacobamarjan2325
    @jacobamarjan2325 Před 2 lety

    there is this one time when my friends and I were talking about an old movie. Several days later I had got clips and reviews about the movie on my youtube recommendation. Are they tracking our mic too?

  • @cjm9816
    @cjm9816 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Oh good. I was worried there was something I didn’t already know about.

  • @LaitoChen
    @LaitoChen Před 7 lety +506

    but a payment model wouldnt stop them from collecting your data

    • @Marta1Buck
      @Marta1Buck Před 7 lety +3

      true,

    • @frailhawk8338
      @frailhawk8338 Před 7 lety +8

      Although, if they were paid then not everyone would go ahead to be on a single site (ex: Facebook). There could be many other choices that are based on different models. Or also there could be higher packages that include total privacy. By refusing to pay anything you also reject customer protection and allow them to do what they want. Paying isn't necessarily the solution but it gives more leeway to have actual solutions.

    • @pikachulove5468
      @pikachulove5468 Před 7 lety +3

      Well now that it's already been placed. You are correct. However, we can always bandwagon together and ask for a law, helping to stop the collection of data.. Skype has been warned to stop collecting raw video data of its users.. As I and possibly many others use it for other means than just communication. And they still have not stopped.. So who knows.. I just hope I never see a video of me on porn hub. XD haha gross.

    • @MFCepicTV
      @MFCepicTV Před 7 lety +37

      A payment mode would entitle the user to certain privileges, such as privacy. And if the terms of contract were breached by collecting data, they would be liable for a lawsuit. But you can't do that with free websites because you read and agreed to the terms and conditions.

    • @migueladona4396
      @migueladona4396 Před 7 lety +2

      Catalin Marin On a business perspective what's actually stopping them, though? At the end of the day, they're still a business; and businesses do what they do: rake in the moolah.

  • @vamossergio912
    @vamossergio912 Před 6 lety +399

    This is a proof that you're an important person who deserves to be stalked by facebook

    • @AmberMetallicScorpion
      @AmberMetallicScorpion Před 6 lety +12

      That's a positive way of looking at it

    • @gsiya4023
      @gsiya4023 Před 2 lety +2

      Wonder what the actual bright side point was

    • @RaveNinja1401
      @RaveNinja1401 Před 2 lety +3

      @@gsiya4023 From a narrative standpoint probably the bright side was a moot point, seeing how the sheer despair made him wallow on the floor at the end and not interested on hearing it at all.

  • @blueblossom3384
    @blueblossom3384 Před rokem

    We wanted to see one of my mom’s friends that makes wedding gowns, but my dad refused to look it up because once he looked up a car in like 2011 and he’s still getting ads for it.

  • @anefariousgoose
    @anefariousgoose Před 2 lety

    One day I was in my room talking to a friend. I mentioned I got the French Horn as my band instrument. Very next day I got an ad for a brass mouthpiece. I have never showed interest in brass instruments on any website nor have I watched videos with them.
    So yeah my iPad spied on me
    : )

  • @savagecake3185
    @savagecake3185 Před 4 lety +2085

    I’ve learned more in “Adam Ruins Everything” than in school

    • @elizavetaskulskaia1320
      @elizavetaskulskaia1320 Před 4 lety +36

      *than.
      Same, and I'm a graduate.

    • @rickywilliams1586
      @rickywilliams1586 Před 4 lety +31

      Probably because you're actually paying attention.

    • @chrisg4229
      @chrisg4229 Před 4 lety +34

      Prolly bc you weren’t paying attention in school. School feels forced, internet doesn’t. So I understand your generation. We created the internet. Yw.

    • @captainmatt2503
      @captainmatt2503 Před 3 lety +1

      Same

    • @melostrich
      @melostrich Před 3 lety +8

      Some of his stuff is bullshit

  • @austindrapen8959
    @austindrapen8959 Před 7 lety +220

    yeah, as previously stated I fail to see how a paid system would stop anyone from gathering your data.

    • @WatchMeSayStuff
      @WatchMeSayStuff Před 7 lety +24

      also google might only make $12, but that's far less than what we save in exchange. If anyone honestly thinks that CZcams wouldn't charge $9.99 a month clearly is too retarded to function considering CZcams Red. How much would Gmail cost? $5.99 a month? What about access to the search engine? another $5.99, not to mention that's only google, you would also have to pay out to FaceBook, Twitter, etc., etc.. The cost of your data being safe is a lot higher than $12, and like you said, that's not even a guarantee.

    • @chaos3250
      @chaos3250 Před 7 lety +1

      and what about porn hub and xnxx ? 10 $ a month ?

    • @H1bbe
      @H1bbe Před 7 lety

      That is moronic. If google makes 12 dollars from you (and I would assume that is only once, adam didn't say that it was a yearly thing) why would you be charged half that per service per month? That is ridiculous and no one would go for it. Plus, google would earn a lot of goodwill if they let you pay for their service instead, which will be a lot better and more profitable for them than people using adblock (ublock origin) and anti-tracking addons (EFF's Privacy Badger) plus realistically it would probably be a part of your broadband package rather than something you purchase individually.

    • @austindrapen8959
      @austindrapen8959 Před 7 lety +3

      H1bbe that has no effect on my statement, I am doubtful that Google would suddenly stop tracking our data if we paid for it. CZcams red for example, all it offers is no ads, that doesn't mean it won't collect your data.

    • @H1bbe
      @H1bbe Před 7 lety +2

      Austin Drapen Because that's what you paid for what? If I pay them to stop tracking me and they keep doing it that's illegal!

  • @AndreiPetunin
    @AndreiPetunin Před 3 lety

    Thank you, CZcams university ☺️ my best years are being spent with you 🥲

  • @MegaMGstudios
    @MegaMGstudios Před 3 lety

    I sometimes even get ads for things I talked about with someone irl

  • @qahnaaris8957
    @qahnaaris8957 Před 7 lety +247

    I for one welcome our google overlords with open arms

    • @jerma984
      @jerma984 Před 7 lety +10

      Nuclear Shadowscale Me too
      They wont kill me now right?

    • @pjb7350
      @pjb7350 Před 7 lety +6

      FEED ME OVERLORD

    • @shipwreck9146
      @shipwreck9146 Před 7 lety +19

      Me too. I would much rather have ads that I'm interested in, than ads that are stupid and annoying. As long as I can watch porn for free, I'm completely fine.

    • @mechasentai
      @mechasentai Před 7 lety +1

      +Nuclear Shadowscale
      No for this level of shait I want better free stuff. Not crappy sites.

    • @ink1929
      @ink1929 Před 7 lety

      How about you just don't make an account

  • @liamwalker1354
    @liamwalker1354 Před 7 lety +226

    And ironically, everyone here is watching this video on CZcams: a _free_ website

    • @Ian-bf4yk
      @Ian-bf4yk Před 7 lety

      420KeemstarVEVO W I know

    • @BENcoProdutions
      @BENcoProdutions Před 7 lety +3

      Not the same, youtube makes most of its money off of its advertisements opposed to information harvesting. Your browsing history here is just sucked into google with everything else.

    • @Ian-bf4yk
      @Ian-bf4yk Před 7 lety

      Ben Woodley exactly

    • @julsjgreen
      @julsjgreen Před 7 lety +10

      ... owned by Google, I might add.

    • @RobertCollins14
      @RobertCollins14 Před 7 lety +11

      Hey I pay for youtube... youtube red... I guess that means i'm getting double banged

  • @julieporter7805
    @julieporter7805 Před 5 měsíci

    Honestly, I usually ignore most of the ads.
    Though like everyone else, I do notice that they are tailored to me and my searches. For example, I am a Book Reviewer and Editor and my Facebook page is often filled with images and articles about books, reading, and authors so naturally most of my ads are for new and upcoming book releases. However today I was looking up potential cruises for my Mom and now all of the ads are for tours and packaged holidays (Admittedly some are rather appealing).

  • @raspeaker3941
    @raspeaker3941 Před 9 měsíci

    On two occasions, I have had very specific ads directed at me after just discussing that topic with my wife. One of my friends has experienced the same thing. It seems like someone is listening.