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No. Selling a fiction book is also "an attempt to steer your thoughts for personal gain". Advertising is a more specific thing: an implicit social contract whe
by otabdeveloper4 5y ago
No. Selling a fiction book is also "an attempt to steer your thoughts for personal gain".
Advertising is a more specific thing: an implicit social contract where demands on your attention are rewarded with non-monetary bonuses.
As such it's a good thing, because a world with no social contract or rewards would be shittier.
- pnt12 5y agoMillions of people installed adblock. When YouTube increased the number of ads, lots of people complained about it. People often complain about TV ads and switch to Netflix. There's no social contract - a company shows ads and gets money, so they do it. Do you really think customers are happy when an ad interrupts their favorite TV show? The answer is no fucking way. You've worked in the business for 17 years so it may cost you to believe it, but it's obvious to everyone else.
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoYou misunderstand. If tomorrow interrupting TV shows was banned you'd get 30 minute product placement fake "shows" instead. Imagine the TV show equivalent of autogenerated search spam clickbait. This is probably not what you really want.