The feds are coming for John Deere over the right to repair

A John Deere lobbying ad about how much they have contributed to manufacturing was presented right next to this article.

Ya, I got the same ad. I wonder if (1) they believe that the ad will reduce the bad-pr generated by the article, or if (2) it’s just triggering because it matches some keywords (e.g. “John Deere”). The linked page looks like it’s intended to generate good will, so I think it’s case 1. But it really comes off as tone deaf to me

I think all those targeted ad algorithms are effectively just really dumb. Whenever you look through the comments of a YT video criticizing a product/company you are almost guaranteed to find a dozen comments saying they got an ad from that company when the video started.

But then again, what are they supposed to do when practically every corner on the internet only mentions John Deere in a negative context.