As a long-time user and a volunteer on the translation team, I can't begin to express my disappointment with this.
I've subscribed to Proton for several years, and I now deeply regret my decision. Regardless of any explanations about the removal of the statement or internal miscommunication, the damage is already done.
I know that we are spied on whatever we do online, I am trying hard to get rid of all ads with extensions/addons/pi-hole but some of them still persist in phone apps.
If it is a coincidence, it is a scary one for sure. I never click on ads but I see them when I scroll the Reddit/Twitter apps. Those are the two main apps where I spend time mindlessly scrolling. I don't have Meta (Facebook/Instagram), Snapchat, Tiktok, ...
The usual ads I see on reddit are technical ads (programming tools or services), cryptocurrency or cyber security stuff.
I am absolutely sure that I've never seen the ad before. Twitter is only cyber security stuff since that's the only topic I follow and I don't have fitness related stuff on reddit.
I don't usually talk about shoes but when I saw these horrendous shoes, I had to troll him a little bit.
Anyway, I didn't consider the possibility of a coincidence so thanks. It could also be location tracking if he was connected on the reddit app. There was another colleague who liked these ugly shoes so maybe the two of them nearby and location tracking could result in this ad. I hope it is something like that.
Had to look them up and you are correct. Will take a look at ads now.
Perhaps you are in some advertising group with your friend and see it because he bought them. This could have been associated by him being a contact. Could also be another app that has access to your contact list that shares ad agencies with reddit.
At this point, I am not sure we will get the end of the story.
I am almost glad that HBO killed my love for GoT.
I totally understand that George R.R. Martin is not our bitch but when someone creates a book series that lots of people come to love, you feel cheated when you learn about all the side projects when the main project doesn't seem to evolve.
Anyway, I read the 5 books, absolutely loved them. I think I'll just stop caring and try to remember these 5 amazing books as the end of the story.
GRR, fiscally empowered, has his entire body frozen upon death.
Years later you learn, now as an old man, that he has been decanted, re-youthed (something you cannot afford), and is now almost done the next book. The entire series in fact!
Yet now you are the one who is 73, he young, and you may not live to see his new novels!
I've subscribed to Proton for several years, and I now deeply regret my decision. Regardless of any explanations about the removal of the statement or internal miscommunication, the damage is already done.