> Ads are designed to change your behavior. In broad strokes that's not bad - advertising is a form of education and there are a lot of great products and serv

> Ads are designed to change your behavior. In broad strokes that's not bad - advertising is a form of education and there are a lot of great products and services out there you wouldn't otherwise know about. The vast majority of ads don't tell you anything you don't already know. And those that do are still inherently slanted. If ads are a form of education, they're an incredibly inefficient one.