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How about an "ad system" that people actively engage with when they're wanting to discover vs. being bombarded everywhere - perhaps not understanding the implic
by loceng 7y ago
How about an "ad system" that people actively engage with when they're wanting to discover vs. being bombarded everywhere - perhaps not understanding the implications of manipulation of ads have on them? At minimum it changes the user experience greatly.
- fauigerzigerk 7y agoWe can always wish for things to be less annoying, but the difficult question is how to make it happen without causing more unintended consequences than intended ones. You have to ask yourself what advertisers would do if you ban those in-your-face super annoying ads. Stop spending money on trying to influence our decisions? I don't think so.
- loceng 7y agoExcept other methods will certainly cost more, bringing their cost of products up, and so someone's products who are better and known as such through word of mouth will have a competitive advantage on price.
- fauigerzigerk 7y agoI'm not so sure about that. Ad spending has remained roughly the same as a share of GDP for over a century. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-03/advertisings-century-of-flat-line-growth https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-03/advertisi... I think transparency is more important than fighting annoyances.