> It's worth $800 million because someone was willing to buy it for $800 million. Obviously I meant that I can't see how they'd get $800 million of value from

> It's worth $800 million because someone was willing to buy it for $800 million. Obviously I meant that I can't see how they'd get $800 million of value from their purchase. Thank you for your lesson in market value though. > What's immoral about it? Children aren't equipped to separate fiction from reality, so they aren't as critical about what they're told as adults are. Plus they rarely have much money of their own, so advertisers use the children's "pester power" [0] to get the parents to buy stuff. > You sound like people saying kids shouldn't be taught about sex education, learn about violent news, etc. No I don't. That's learning about real life issues to equip you for the future. Ads are people trying to take advantage of you for their own profit. Don't compare commercials with information. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pester_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pester_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_to_children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_to_children