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> I would completely tear down the ad-driven status quo in favour of people paying for things. As someone that grew up poor but now works in tech, I'm very hes
by ParetoOptimal 3y ago
> I would completely tear down the ad-driven status quo in favour of people paying for things.
As someone that grew up poor but now works in tech, I'm very hesitant to say that people paying for things is better than the ad-driven status quo.
A good portion of people just wouldn't be able to pay and likely have a worse life by their standards (not yours or mine).
- omnicognate 3y agoI'd view extreme poverty as a problem for the state rather than advertisers, universal basic income (UBI) being one obvious approach, and access to information for those too poor to pay for it as a challenge that has been long addressed by public libraries. Solving these problems is neither an explicit goal of adverts nor something they achieve well as a side effect.