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For wired the point is the ad is for them to stay in business. For the company advertising the point of the ad is to sell something. Maybe it is something you w

For wired the point is the ad is for them to stay in business. For the company advertising the point of the ad is to sell something. Maybe it is something you want, maybe it is something you don't need,maybe it is showing you need. But this isn't a conspiracy for wired to sell you something you don't need.

jordigh 11y ago
It's not a conspiracy, but it's so annoying that nobody speaks about the ultimate purpose of ads. Their ultimate purpose is not Wired. Keeping Wired in business is just one more incidental. If our purpose is to keep Wired in business, there are other ways besides ads. So, let's talk about the ultimate purpose of ads. Do we endorse that purpose or not? That's the conversation I really want to be having.
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- TheLogothete 11y ago
  No, it's not an incident. It's symbiosis. You know, the thing that we do in order to survive? Nobody cares what you think about WIRED or ads or whatever. We have to make compromises with things that we don't completely agree with and accept that it is our problem and we have to find a way to deal with it ourselves. Because NOBODY else cares. I know it must be hard for a special little snowflake like you to grasp that, but trust me, nobody cares what you think. Nobody will. Advertising is here and it will stay despite what you think. In fact, it will get bigger and bigger and it will play an ever increasing role in our society. We have to find a way to deal with it, acceptable by both parties. And this path does not start with spreading FUD with your self righteous anti-advertising propaganda to whoever will listen to you.