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As much as I hate your attitude, you're not wrong. Ads were created to get you thinking about someone's product, and the more you think about it, the more likel
by dgzl 8y ago
As much as I hate your attitude, you're not wrong. Ads were created to get you thinking about someone's product, and the more you think about it, the more likely you'll purchase it.
> It's the consumer's fault
I'm sure the fault is shared, but we do vote with our wallet. If you don't want the paid version, then suffer the free alternative. But at least there is an alternative, no?
- TeMPOraL 8y agoWhat if there's no paid alternative, because everyone realized that adware and dark patterns are more profitable? Such is the case every time I see someone say "vote with our wallets". Customers don't get to vote with their wallets, because they can only choose from what's available, not from the space of all imaginable software.
- GrinningFool 8y agoThen they can choose to not use the software. Unfortunately, too few people care about the various problems with advertisements - not the least of which are privacy concerns - to do that. They'd rather have the software, and [think they] ignore the ads. This would be reasonable, but I can't help thinking that many - if not most - are not making informed decisions.
- dgzl 8y agoThe beautiful thing about software is, if they don't like it, they can recreate it themselves. But yes, the incentive to show ads is quite high by the advertisers. We tried the easy way (pay for the app) and it didn't work, now we do it the hard way (ads).