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On the one hand, this isn't surprising. An plain description of how the ad market works demonstrates why - one way of looking at it is a mechanism to run your c
by _jal 5y ago
On the one hand, this isn't surprising. An plain description of how the ad market works demonstrates why - one way of looking at it is a mechanism to run your code on random peoples' machines.
On the other, policing, controlling and maintaining healthy markets is a primary government function. When the cops are afraid to look at a market for fear it will interfere with their jobs, that strikes me as a government failure reinforcing a market failure rather than attempting to fix it.
- SllX 5y ago> On the other, policing, controlling and maintaining healthy markets is a primary government function. The NSA and CIA are intelligence agencies, not cops. Their mandate is foreign, not domestic (despite not always acting like it).