> Advertising is not inherently evil. Evil isn't an objective measure. However ads want to get some attention away from the content I care about to the ad. On

> Advertising is not inherently evil. Evil isn't an objective measure. However ads want to get some attention away from the content I care about to the ad. One can argue that the "classic" Google ad, where I search for a pan and Google showing me ads for shops selling pans serves my request, at the same time I can argue that I was looking for a somewhat objective (while that's a lie - the algorithm showing search results has some biases) listing, while I get the one paying most. In my judgment the ad is bad, but the attention it drags is my payment for the information.