The classic article is by George Monbiot at The Guardian 24 Oct 2011 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/24/advertising-poison-hooked https://ww

The classic article is by George Monbiot at The Guardian 24 Oct 2011 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/24/advertising-poison-hooked https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/24/advert... Advertising is a poison that demeans even love – and we're hooked on it With AI everywhere, the trust level gets even lower https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/psa-ebay-lets-chatgpt-make-up-item https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/psa-ebay-lets-chatgpt-make-up... PSA: eBay lets ChatGPT make up item descriptions And Chrome is playing its chrome games. That is to say, sites can ask Chrome directly what kinds of topics you're interested in – topics automatically selected by Chrome from your browsing history – so that ads personalized to your activities can be served. This is supposed to be better than being tracked via third-party cookies, support for which is being phased out. There are other aspects to the sandbox that we'll get to. https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/07/google_privacy_sandbox/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/07/google_privacy_sandbo... Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37427227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37427227