And they're ignoring us on purpose!
There's also the possibility that there are few or no technologically advanced races out there. Life in the universe could be far rarer than many want to believe. Or humanity could be very early or very late compared to other space-faring civilizations, which may not develop until billions of years into the future, or which may have been more common billions of years in the past and have since died off. Or some developed to a point where they would be completely unrecognizable as life to a human.
Or the Earth could have simply been lucky so far at avoiding some total extinction event that regularly wipes out life-bearing planets. Many assume that life in the universe may be common due to its prevalence on Earth, but it could be that humanity simply won an exceptionally rare "survival lottery" that has allowed it to develop to this point.
Or maybe the universe as we know it is all a simulation, and we are the aliens taking part in an advanced VR experience where we pretend to be humans in a simulated world. : D