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I'm opposed to all advertising and marketing on ethical grounds. In my book human attention isn't for sale, and all attempts to sell my attention will be dealt
by maxaf 10y ago
I'm opposed to all advertising and marketing on ethical grounds. In my book human attention isn't for sale, and all attempts to sell my attention will be dealt with by technical means with extreme prejudice. It's true that content producers need to get paid; it's not true that human attention is an acceptable currency for which this payment must be exchanged.
Find some other way. Show some fucking adaptability.
- accountface 10y agoThe current concept of advertising has been around for more than 200 years now... I think the "all ads have to go away forever" approach is doomed to fail.
- openasocket 10y agoDepending on your definition, advertising has been around for millennia. Hell, there are billboard advertisements in Pompeii. https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept10/2010/11/29/the-evolution-of-advertising-from-papyrus-to-youtube/ https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept10/2010/11/29/the-evolution-...
- maxaf 10y agoYou have a point. To be fair, I don't really care what happens to advertising at large as long as advertising is kept as far away as possible from me and mine.
- manigandham 10y ago> it's not true that human attention is an acceptable currency Why? How about people decide what they feel is acceptable for themselves. The answer is choice between advertising and payment, ideally a slider to dial your preferred setting. Extremes never work.