HACKER Q&A
📣 andrewstuart

Typed "AirPods" in notes on iPhone, 2 hours later AirPods ad on YouTube?


I asked my son what he wanted for Xmas. I made a note in IiPhone with heading "Presents" and a few other lines including "AirPods".

Two hours later YouTube showed me an ad for Airpods.

I asked if anyone had searched for AirPods and they said no.

Connection or coincidence?

  👤 legitster Accepted Answer ✓
Coincidence.

I work in marketing technology and no such connection exists.

People are, however, predictable. It is Christmas season and you are both iPhone users. Both of you are saturated in ads for Airpods before and after it was on the list.

👤 derwiki
What other ads did you see in the same time period?
👤 iab
Someone typed “AirPods” into google is my guess
👤 chrsw
You might not even have had to make the note
👤 runjake
Coincidence. You have an iPhone. YouTube knows that and a bunch more about you. Also everyone gets AirPods ads.