Well, you could say that advertising companies are actually in the business of tempting their clients into advertising by promising them the ability to tempt th

Well, you could say that advertising companies are actually in the business of tempting their clients into advertising by promising them the ability to tempt the general public into buying their products. The problem imo is that, ever since Google has paved the way, monetizing an online product has become fixed on a single, double-edged strategy: either show ads or sell your users' data to advertisers.