I think them having all this info about you, is a way to get advertisers to pay them more for the targeted ads.

It’s not to help you or the advertisers, but themselves.

And I assume not a single advertiser has gone up to them with a well grounded: “bruh, dafuq are you doing showing fridge ads to the guy that just bought a fridge from us… that’s not what we are paying you for.”

I love a cool lifted truck, has nothing to do with my penis size. Also can’t afford one so I’ll never own one anyway.

Well he’s not wrong, it’s definitely hateful. We don’t say it because we think it’s fair they get billions and we have to scrape by while doing the actual work.

It depends per case, my friend kept studying while I dropped out (due to private circumstances).

My friend ended up at the same employer for the same pay only years later, he wasn’t a good fit for his field.

A few years later I jumped ship to try and develop myself into a better paid job, I am now an actual crane operator with a beefy wage. My friend is still there making the same low wage.

But he got lucky on a different matter, due to him living at home until 33 he did manage to buy a house with massive savings. I haven’t yet.

This is life, there aren’t any given certainties. Only people who claim their experience will be the same for you.