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If ad revenue wasn't based on impressions and clicks no one would want to shove them in their users faces. Ad networks like Google's are the cause of the probl
by jasonkostempski 9y ago
If ad revenue wasn't based on impressions and clicks no one would want to shove them in their users faces. Ad networks like Google's are the cause of the problem.
- quadrangle 9y agoGoogle's tracking can be a terrible thing and we can still acknowledge that advertisers unrelated to Google do awful shit and always have. Advertising can be unethical even when payments aren't tied to clicks. Click-driven advertising makes it worse but isn't the cause of all problems.
- jasonkostempski 9y agoRegardless of how they are presented, all ad networks do awful shit. It's an entire system built on distrust and the users machine is responsible for fixing it. It's an absolutely insane business model. Show me an ad network that doesn't work that way and I might consider it acceptable, until then all of them need to be universally disabled.
- quadrangle 9y agoI agree with you 100% there.