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> The way forward is to go where your audience is being influenced. This article made me feel dirty. My condolences to anyone who has to work in advertising or
by karaterobot 2y ago
> The way forward is to go where your audience is being influenced.
This article made me feel dirty. My condolences to anyone who has to work in advertising or SEO to support themselves or their families. I think this whole industry is a net negative to the world.
- CasperH2O 2y agoBill Hicks (stand up comedian) has a nice sketch on this, "If you work in marketing or advertisement, kill yourself". Note, it's from the 90s.
- Workaccount2 2y agoI'm torn between advertising and the subscriptionization of everything, ownership of nothing, driven by software.
- nottorp 2y agoThe internet was built on non tracking (although sometimes garish) ad banners. You just need to tone down your expectations of revenue to run something on moral ish ads. For example you could fire most of the marketing and "engagement" experts since you won't need them any more if you stop spying and trying to making your users addicts.
- Draiken 2y agoThe reason we assume these are the only two options is the real culprit here, but we rather stick to a broken system we know instead of trying something different.
- lovethevoid 2y agoWhat’s there to be torn by? If you don’t have access to the source, you don’t own it no matter how you pay. Subscriptions are just a way to make that more clear. Ads are a way to defer your payment through adprofiles and your purchase elsewhere (assuming functional ads and not Googles ad network obfuscation).
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- pessimizer 2y agoI often need to buy products, and I would like to know which ones are available for me to buy. This is not dirty, this is necessary. I prefer that people who are selling products talk to the outlets that are connected to me and my needs rather than writing their product's names on every available surface and stalking me like assassins.
- wkat4242 2y agoIsn't that what consumer organisations and comparison sites are for? Independent advice that doesn't just tell the story the advertiser wants you to hear but also the drawbacks, and which product would suit your needs best. The problem is that most of them are also crooked and their recommendation simply reflects the highest bidder. But I did manage to find them for most types of items. Even for simple things like flashlights there's big rabbit hole sites like candlepowerforums and 1lumen. I prefer reading real reviews from users with a reputation than just plain advertising.