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The nature of ads is to be hostile and misleading to the people viewing them. Their purpose is to drive demand where none previously existed, they are at odds w
by throwaway2048 10y ago
The nature of ads is to be hostile and misleading to the people viewing them. Their purpose is to drive demand where none previously existed, they are at odds with the user.
- news_to_me 10y agoThat's a simplistic viewpoint. If ads weren't useful at all, no one would click on them, or, if they did, they wouldn't buy whatever was at the other end. There is such a thing as artificially inflated demand, which can be a problem, but I don't think it's likely that all advertising falls in that bucket.
- kwhitefoot 10y agoIt would be interesting to have some examples of ads that you regard as not falling in that bucket.
- beaconstudios 10y agothe main legitimate purpose of ads is to make people aware of products they didn't know about before. If the user actually wants that product but didn't know it existed, then the advert was a net-positive to both parties.