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No, why? Ads are a completely legitimate business practice: I make a product or offer a service, so I want people to know about it. Bans on targeted ads are n

No, why? Ads are a completely legitimate business practice: I make a product or offer a service, so I want people to know about it. Bans on targeted ads are not about the advertising, they are about the privacy concerns resulting from the data collection that is the prerequisite for targeted ads.

minimilian 5y ago
Because they pollute the world?
akvadrako 5y ago
I don't care about your product and I don't want my view obscured by your ads. The fact you think you should be able to force me to see them is the problem.
- maccard 5y ago
  What do you think the purpose of this site is?
- usrbinbash 5y ago
  Where ads are, and how visible they are in relation of other content, is up to whoever owns the website.
cfcf14 5y ago
Although it would be a world very different from ours, I wonder what the consequences of an ad-ban would be? You create a business or service, but the only way an individual could discover it is by intentionally going out and seeking that information (perhaps you've made a new washing machine, and they seek out information for washing machines). Perhaps specialised 'discovery' services would pop up for people wondering what sorts of new stuff/services was out there? On the surface of it, I'd assume that if reaching out to customers to 'let them know you exist' via advertisements was prohibited, the amount of innovation and investment into products would decrease. But at the same time, the amount of money allocatable to product development within a given budget would increase, as you wouldn't have to expend so much on marketing (which in some cases, dwarfs the cost of R&D). But maybe the markets would just adapt anyways. Seems a fun thought experiment.
tomjen3 5y ago
Ads pollute my brain with unnecessary information, which I then have to process. In theory a perfectly targeted ad might produce some value for me, but in practice people who make shit products have more money to throw at ads, making Sturgeons law even worse.

minimilian 5y ago

Because they pollute the world?

akvadrako 5y ago

I don't care about your product and I don't want my view obscured by your ads. The fact you think you should be able to force me to see them is the problem.

maccard 5y ago
What do you think the purpose of this site is?
usrbinbash 5y ago
Where ads are, and how visible they are in relation of other content, is up to whoever owns the website.

cfcf14 5y ago

Although it would be a world very different from ours, I wonder what the consequences of an ad-ban would be? You create a business or service, but the only way an individual could discover it is by intentionally going out and seeking that information (perhaps you've made a new washing machine, and they seek out information for washing machines). Perhaps specialised 'discovery' services would pop up for people wondering what sorts of new stuff/services was out there? On the surface of it, I'd assume that if reaching out to customers to 'let them know you exist' via advertisements was prohibited, the amount of innovation and investment into products would decrease. But at the same time, the amount of money allocatable to product development within a given budget would increase, as you wouldn't have to expend so much on marketing (which in some cases, dwarfs the cost of R&D). But maybe the markets would just adapt anyways. Seems a fun thought experiment.

tomjen3 5y ago

Ads pollute my brain with unnecessary information, which I then have to process. In theory a perfectly targeted ad might produce some value for me, but in practice people who make shit products have more money to throw at ads, making Sturgeons law even worse.