This is going from the assumption that ad companies target ads based the potential value they create for you. The only goal of any targeted ad is to persuade yo

This is going from the assumption that ad companies target ads based the potential value they create for you. The only goal of any targeted ad is to persuade you to voluntarily transfer your money to the company that paid for the ad. The only relevant metric to determine the usefulness of the ad is how much value it creates for them. I think you have to be pretty naive not to see that the incentives that determine which ads you will and will not see have nothing to do with your best interests.