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> maybe you'd be something of greater value to society rather than the "developer you are today" I'm a pretty great value for my works actually. Could do more?
by dwild 7y ago
> maybe you'd be something of greater value to society rather than the "developer you are today"
I'm a pretty great value for my works actually. Could do more? I don't actually believe it. I learned what I'm doing since I was 8. There's no way anyone would have paid for theses learning experience for me except advertisers.
You could certainly argue that I could have a more fun childhood if I didn't dedicate so much of it to learning. That could certainly be true, but I still enjoyed quite a bit my childhood doing theses crazy projects.
> Note that the original article does not complain about informative ads, but about manipulative ones.
> Advertising Is a Cancer on Society
Sure he talk against manipulative ones, but he fight against the whole advertising industry.
- necovek 7y agoI thought about being explicit: I am not questioning your work or your worthiness or your satisfaction with life. But nobody knows if different circumstances would have led to a life more valuable to society. I am surprised you don't think there was anything better you could have done in your life, but to each their own.
- dwild 7y agoIt's like saying maybe with the light off you could have done better navigating through theses rooms. Free learning experiences was available pretty early in my life because of ad suported content. Maybe I could have done better in something else, who knows, what I do know is more learning experience is ALWAYS better.
- necovek 7y agoYou are repeating one logical fallacy: the fact that you perused ad-supported "free" content does not mean that there wouldn't be non-ad-supported "free" content without the internet turning into an advertising mess. I've grew up on the free Internet resources without ads (banner ads just came to be). I've read free books on highly technical topics, on Mathematics...
- dwild 7y ago> there wouldn't be non-ad-supported "free" content I'm not arguing that at all. I was pretty specific saying that the one that provided my learning experience couldn't have done it full time. There wouldn't be as many learning opportunities. I also consider that I can't expect others to do work for me for free, that's just wrong.