I think this is an underrated comment. It's hard to innovate/apply divergent thinking if you're so far from the user. Adtech as an industry would also be a fac

I think this is an underrated comment. It's hard to innovate/apply divergent thinking if you're so far from the user. Adtech as an industry would also be a factor, since it's not only not aligned with value/user goals, but working actively against them. I'm saying that as someone who worked in the domain.