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>Many tech hipsters hate advertising If that's true, I'd recommend they (and anyone who has a distaste for advertising) watch Art & Copy: http://en.wikipedia.o

• jodrellblank 15y ago
  Why would you recommend it? That link doesn't give me any reason to think it's worth watching, or that I should want to change my dislike of advertising. I think I have very good reasons for disliking advertising, things like one or more of the following: it's taking up my limited time, attention and cognitive abilities to tell me about things I don't want or need or can't use. It's uglifying my surroundings. It's interrupting and distracting. It's telling me about things I do want but can't afford, or use, or don't have room or time for. It's telling me about things I didn't want, but now do, which is annoying. It's telling me about things I do want, and already know about. It's deliberately misleading. I feel bad that an advertising company is paying money to a service provider because I saw an advert for something I will never buy. There is a hypothetical "targetted advert" which shows me just what I want, right when I want it. I think this is a mirage they chase to avoid facing up to how ridiculous an idea it really is.