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I once thought I would have a career in media, but I switched to software in part because I realized that my customer was going to be corporations, and the prod
by neilk 19y ago
I once thought I would have a career in media, but I switched to software in part because I realized that my customer was going to be corporations, and the product was audience attention. It saddens me that ads are invading the software world too.
Advertisements are not a neutral way to make money. That model rewards massive infrastructure investment, control of information distribution, and overall low quality of the actual product.
It's very strange that one of Facebook's big problems is that their content is too interesting and meaningful to their users.
- aston 19y agoIt's not true that you need bad content for advertising to work. You just need advertising that's better than the content. I watch Superbowl ads willingly, and I read basically every ad in WIRED that doesn't look crappily designed. That said, it's hard to make content more important than my friends...