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The age of adtech has only just begun. Apple advertises their services in-device, and then doubles-down with App Store search result ads a-la Google Search. The

The age of adtech has only just begun. Apple advertises their services in-device, and then doubles-down with App Store search result ads a-la Google Search. They know the ad kickback is endgame, they play ball. What ads do is put wall between a human and some content. ChatGPT does not circumvent that wall - it might be able to tell you something about the content on the other side, but so can a Markov chain or an encyclopedia. The value of wrong information can only be so high, and after a certain point the training material becomes more interesting than the model itself. Your assertion that the age of adtech is closing is like saying that books are over because Wikipedia exists. History suggests that all these things will carve out markets for themselves. I'm not an ad-apologist in any sense, but ChatGPT and OpenAI are not your savior. They're sycophantic magic-makers, watching your response to minor text illusions and imagining how they can further extort you. Now with Microsoft's support, great...

consumer451 4y ago
> The age of adtech has only just begun. I learned a new word recently: Neuromarketing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromarketing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromarketing
- smoldesu 4y ago
  Neuromarketing only works if my rhetoric does. I'm just appealing to your logic here - I have no de-facto credibility and obviously don't intend to cast ads in a positive light. I'm not trying to convince you of anything, at least in the traditional sense. Look at it this way, though: the last 15 years of computing have been characterized by the commodification of computers and the proliferation of advertisement. We're trapped in a stalemate because nothing beats free -- nothing. Ads subsidize marginal visitor fees, which account for the majority of online interaction. It makes a lot of sense for people providing online content, and hardware sales only further churns this content wheel. So... steal your media. Install adblock. Keep backups and care about what you own digitally. Just don't pretend that you're funding a better world by buying the premium product - it's a bigger trick than advertisement itself.

consumer451 4y ago

> The age of adtech has only just begun. I learned a new word recently: Neuromarketing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromarketing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromarketing

smoldesu 4y ago
Neuromarketing only works if my rhetoric does. I'm just appealing to your logic here - I have no de-facto credibility and obviously don't intend to cast ads in a positive light. I'm not trying to convince you of anything, at least in the traditional sense. Look at it this way, though: the last 15 years of computing have been characterized by the commodification of computers and the proliferation of advertisement. We're trapped in a stalemate because nothing beats free -- nothing. Ads subsidize marginal visitor fees, which account for the majority of online interaction. It makes a lot of sense for people providing online content, and hardware sales only further churns this content wheel. So... steal your media. Install adblock. Keep backups and care about what you own digitally. Just don't pretend that you're funding a better world by buying the premium product - it's a bigger trick than advertisement itself.