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I must say that I have nothing against ads in general, but I am fiercely against the ads that are predatory in their nature. This includes the ads that rely on
by eveningcoffee 11y ago
I must say that I have nothing against ads in general, but I am fiercely against the ads that are predatory in their nature.
This includes the ads that rely on the network of global surveillance of every web user actions in the Internet,
this includes the ads what main indention is to disrupt and control the main flow of the user who perceives the Internet mainly as the reading medium,
and obviously everything that is clearly malicious including direct malware attacks through the ad systems to the more subtle malicious attempts to market products or services that are attacking users sexual, financial or emotional integrity.
- epoch1970 11y agoWhat kind of ads aren't "predatory in their nature"? The only kind I can think of is uncompensated word-of-mouth recommendations based on prior good experiences. But I don't really consider that "advertising", as it isn't the beneficiary itself causing this promotion to happen.
- eveningcoffee 11y agoI think there is a sense of truth in what you are saying, but I think that is not completely black and white. For example honest product advertisements can be described as non-predatory. I also think that magazine ads are an order of less predatory compared to the TV ads because you are not forced to perceive them. Google ads many years ago without all reaching Google Analyse and other Google whole web tracking projects were at least two orders less predatory than Google ads today.