The new technologies behind ads are really terrible, but I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a full-page Rolex ad in the WSJ. Dude in a fancy s

The new technologies behind ads are really terrible, but I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a full-page Rolex ad in the WSJ. Dude in a fancy suit wearing a watch that looks great, and a quick description - that's a very simple, easy to understand model. If I like that watch, I can save up for it. Rolex doesn't know I saw it and doesn't care. New technologies behind ads, tracking users wherever they go and hounding them relentlessly and using their personal communications to harvest more data - that's the scourge. I'm fine with ads, but I block them on every website because I'm not fine with tracking.