OP, what you are describing is happening to all free websites. The sponsors of TOTV are not making the website available out of the goodness in their hearts, they are doing it to make $$. Without advertising revenue there would be no TOTV. Targeted marketing by sophisticated digital media firms are the new standard for advertising. Try clearing your browsing history and check the pop ups when you visit TOTV. You will get non-specific adds from TOTV sponsors. Then do a few google searches on various products, like a wireless bluetooth speaker as an example. Those searches are stored in cookies and then referenced by TOTV to pup up targeted advertisements. When you log into TOTV after doing the search, you will now find pop ups referencing wireless bluetooth speakers. Its all about capturing data and using it for targeted marketing. The only way this could be avoided would be for the TOTV sponsor to charge a fee to use the web site so that they do not need to sell advertisements through digital media.
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