> Ethically speaking, ads simply shouldn't be manipulating us at all, just informing us of something that might be useful. Sure, if that existed in a vacuum, a

> Ethically speaking, ads simply shouldn't be manipulating us at all, just informing us of something that might be useful. Sure, if that existed in a vacuum, and not in a capitalist economic system where you are rewarded by doing unethical things to generate more profit. In reality, there is no way to successfully deploy ethical advertising. Even if one tried, it could never compete with the ones not being ethical, since they will have higher returns, and infinitely more budget as a result, to make it so your ethical ad is never even shown to a single human eyeball