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They are enormously biased toward people who can afford to pay for ads. So they aren’t the best new products and services. Also they encourage behavior that h
by prepend 4y ago
They are enormously biased toward people who can afford to pay for ads.
So they aren’t the best new products and services.
Also they encourage behavior that harms the planet like overconsumption and buying things like Coca Cola and whatnot.
The world would be better without ads. And I think videos, articles, and images would be better with alternate forms of paying for them.
- paulcole 4y ago> Also they encourage behavior that harms the planet like overconsumption and buying things like Coca Cola and whatnot. They also encourage buying solar panels and electric cars. Huge ad campaigns were run around the recent COVID vaccine as well. > They are enormously biased toward people who can afford to pay for ads. But they make content, videos, etc. more accessible to people who don’t have the means to choose to overcome a paywall.
- prepend 4y agoI’m not saying that ads have no positive value. I’m saying that their positive value is lower than their negative value and that they are a net detriment to society and technology. I’m not for banning them. Like I don’t want to ban added sugar or drugs. I just wish we’d use them less. And I would never advise a friend to work on ad tech. It’s not quite as bad as working for a spam company, but maybe up there with making weapons of war or something.