"If you really want good wheels for your daughter's skateboard does the fact that some crazy cartoon tiger thinks they're grrreat make them better wheels?" No,

"If you really want good wheels for your daughter's skateboard does the fact that some crazy cartoon tiger thinks they're grrreat make them better wheels?" No, I haven't seen a crazy cartoon tiger used to advertise skateboard wheels. I just saw amazon ads on web pages, showing the wheels. I don't agree with all marketing tactics and I doubt many do. But I don't see the world in black and white. I see the benefits of having online companies that I can order from, and the benefits of having a way for web sites that provide useful services to make some revenue without requiring subscription plans. As I said, though, I think people like you who hate ads but who wants those services (I assume you use some free web sites that aren't Hacker News) should be able to subscribe easily to something that lets you opt out of ads. I even could support legislation that requires companies that advertise and track people across sites to offer such plans for a fee that approximates what they'd make by showing you ads.