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This is the first time I've ever heard a person worry about the quality of the ads that are served to them.
by bootlooped 9y ago
This is the first time I've ever heard a person worry about the quality of the ads that are served to them.
- crazygringo 9y agoI've often wondered why nobody brings this up more. If you're going to see ads for things, why on earth wouldn't you want them to try to better target you? The whole point is for you to find out about things that might be useful for you. Why would I want less of the useful things? Why would I want worse advertising?
- thinkingemote 9y agoI think the question is what is advertising. Is it a service that educates or is it an intrusion that attempts to sell things? Is it both things? Why do some people dislike advertising? Is it only that they are unmatched? Are there other reasons. If you wish to find an answer to your wondering, wonder on those issues.
- hrktb 9y agoI think some people make the assumption they are targeted for products that might be beneficial for them. But why would that mostly be the case ? Someone with an online shopping problem would be a perfect target for a flurry of ads, and getting better targeted ads would just be screwing that person more and more. Even in a saner scenario, the most informative ad you can imagine will still isolate you from the information you would have got by doing your own research. But since you have most of the information you wanted to have, you won't bother checking that much more. IMO even in the best case scenario, helping people to be lazy on things they are interested in is counterproductive in the long term.