"You fu*king creeps" - Joe Rogan is surprised at how Google monitors conversations and shows relevant ads

Joe Rogan recently discussed Google allegedly listening to conversations and suggesting relevant content in the feed. The UFC color commentator is one of the most popular podcasters in the world. He candidly shares his thoughts on even the most controversial topics on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

In a recent episode of the podcast, Rogan discussed the dubious nature of Google news feed with his guest Chad Daniels. He said:

"The Google news feed is always the stuff that you're interested in, pretty much."

Rogan said that he was having a conversation with his wife about purses and the related content started showing up in his Google news feed:

"All of a sudden, Google starts showing me purse things. They start showing me all this stuff about purses. I didn't look anything up about purses. I just had a conversation with my phone sitting there on the table. That's crazy."

Implying that Google listens to the conversations to recommend relevant content, Rogan added:

"There is no doubt it happens. One hundred percent no doubt about it. That is the only explanation for that showing up. Because generally, it's the same kind of stuff, same kind of things that I am interested in. UFOs, MMA, some new cars or something. Makes sense. [Then suddenly] 'Why are they showing me three different articles about purses?' What the f** is going on? You f***ing creeps."

Check out Joe Rogan's comments below (0:15):

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Joe Rogan praises Apple for maintaining users' privacy unlike Google

Speaking further in the aforementioned episode of the podcast, Rogan lauded mobile phone giant Apple Inc. for their privacy policies:

"Apple is pretty good about stuff. I think they're probably the best about that. Because they're the first company that stepped in and said, 'We' noe gonna stop companies from being able to share information.' They're the first." [2:15]

Presumably, Rogan was referring to a 2018 rule change in the App Store that banned companies from building databases from iPhone users' contacts and other information on the phone. The change is said to have checked the practice of gathering and sharing user data without the users' consent.