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That's surprising to me. I hate ads. If I see one poping I usually blacklist the product. When I want to buy something I do technical comparison and try to find

• endisneigh 3y ago
  that's a strange philosophy. pretty much every product has advertisements or at the very least marketing somewhere. it's simply a matter of whether you see it or not. even this post for Kagi can be construed as an ad. it's not a bad thing - now people are aware of Kagi. that's good.
  • serf 3y ago
    companies have an avenue to express their values to customers via behavior. If a company is employing shady or manipulative advertising techniques in order to reach me then I make an effort to vote with my dollar in any way contrary to their continued existence. ads aren't bad, weaponized psychology has the opportunity to be quite bad
  • kuon 3y ago
    Yes, but my "poping" I mean something intrusive. Like someone slapping you. I'm ok with sponsoring, placing products in movie, having ads in my mail... But, having ads being thrown at me when I work and search for something is really something I am against. The other thing I think is really bad, is using advanced psychology to lure customers, like many "free to play" games do.