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  • Re: Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior

    From D@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Fri Aug 9 22:47:46 2024
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    On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
    https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/08/09

    Yup, many people have noticed this behavior. And it is creepy, very creepy. My cell phone sleeps in the kitchen, not my bedroom.

    Lynn


    This is the truth! Although I think it is related to browsing habits and possibly in store visits, which of course is mirrored in conversation, or conversation which leads to action.

    In my case, I do not own a smart phone, so these things are very alien to
    me. In addition, my phone automatically is turned off at 23:00 every day
    and is turned on at 09:05 when I open my office.

    That way I only need to charge my phone every 1-2 weeks during work times,
    and every 2-3 weeks during holidays! =)

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Aug 10 08:55:08 2024
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    On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 22:47:46 +0200, D <[email protected]> wrote:



    On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
    https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/08/09

    Yup, many people have noticed this behavior. And it is creepy, very creepy.
    My cell phone sleeps in the kitchen, not my bedroom.

    Lynn


    This is the truth! Although I think it is related to browsing habits and >possibly in store visits, which of course is mirrored in conversation, or >conversation which leads to action.

    In my case, I do not own a smart phone, so these things are very alien to >me. In addition, my phone automatically is turned off at 23:00 every day
    and is turned on at 09:05 when I open my office.

    That way I only need to charge my phone every 1-2 weeks during work times, >and every 2-3 weeks during holidays! =)

    I don't need a cellphone (smart or not) for /that/ to happen.

    Just visiting Amazon or even using Bing is enough to produce endless
    ads about whatever I was looking at/asking for. As I'm sure everyone
    is aware.

    But at least /something/ is listening to her. Arlo, clearly, is not.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Sat Aug 10 23:24:34 2024
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    On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, Paul S Person wrote:

    On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 22:47:46 +0200, D <[email protected]> wrote:



    On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    Arlo and Janis: Creepy Cellphone Behavior
    https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/08/09

    Yup, many people have noticed this behavior. And it is creepy, very creepy.
    My cell phone sleeps in the kitchen, not my bedroom.

    Lynn


    This is the truth! Although I think it is related to browsing habits and
    possibly in store visits, which of course is mirrored in conversation, or
    conversation which leads to action.

    In my case, I do not own a smart phone, so these things are very alien to
    me. In addition, my phone automatically is turned off at 23:00 every day
    and is turned on at 09:05 when I open my office.

    That way I only need to charge my phone every 1-2 weeks during work times, >> and every 2-3 weeks during holidays! =)

    I don't need a cellphone (smart or not) for /that/ to happen.

    Just visiting Amazon or even using Bing is enough to produce endless
    ads about whatever I was looking at/asking for. As I'm sure everyone
    is aware.

    But at least /something/ is listening to her. Arlo, clearly, is not.


    Bing I only use indirectly through duckduckgo, and my adblockers block
    99+% of all ads online, so I almost never see any.

    Amazon I use very seldom, and if I do, it seems to enjoy recommending
    books to me I already own or already bought from them, so I don't really understand why they would make their recommendation engine so bad. ;)

    The main advertising I have to endure comes from billboards in town and
    when I read the newspaper in pdf format.

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