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That's called "retargeting" [1]. In some cases it feels harmless, in others it feels very creepy. I tend to use incognito windows when I search for things I don't want following me around everywhere, to avoid them getting stuck into tracking cookies. But I assume most people don't, so it causes them trouble.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_retargeting

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I am constantly affected with this on mobile devices (no ad blocker). It is so intrusive. But its laughable at the same time, because those ad serving engines try to predict me, but show me utter bullshit ads for things I accidently viewed before.

So, I really look forward to iOS 9. And whoever provides a proper blocking app will get my money!

ads are the only reason i use firefox on my phone. its the only mobile browser with extension support

thogh thats the only good thing about it... i'd much rather use opera or chrome, as both are better in almost every way

I recently switched from FF to Chrome on Android, because on Android Chrome gives me a better experience (mainly text resizing).

But this morning I was searching for adblockers on FF android, because ads.

I don't web much on my phone, but the extensions are bookmarked in my head, and probably the weekend I'm going to setup my FF with uBlockOrigin and Ghostery at least.

It'd be nice if I could run a web proxy on my phone that blocked ads regardless of browser or app.

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