That's a fair assessment. So I guess the question is, do we think having ads that psychologically manipulate us into doing things we would not otherwise do are

That's a fair assessment. So I guess the question is, do we think having ads that psychologically manipulate us into doing things we would not otherwise do are not making the world a worse place? Because I feel that they are. There is a mental cost to fighting this attempted manipulation that we all have to pay.