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The solution is making adblockers more user-friendly, not making them illegal. Ads are categorically bad, it's not just about being "fraudulent". Their stated
by saubeidl 1y ago
The solution is making adblockers more user-friendly, not making them illegal.
Ads are categorically bad, it's not just about being "fraudulent". Their stated purpose is to manipulate people to buy things - things they didn't intend to buy before, wasting their money and our planets limited resources.
- viraptor 1y agoNot even just buy specific products. There are massive campaigns to support whole industries which should've failed a long time ago. Every time Climate Town digs into the history of something like this https://youtu.be/NQiLly6Z1xs https://youtu.be/NQiLly6Z1xs it makes me angry about the advertisement as a profitable business.
- lynx97 1y agoDairy industry going for school kids isn't really US specific. We have the same weird stuff here in the middle of Europe. It used to be worse in the 80s, but the milk industry is still strong with ads and lobbying. I still remember noticing the contradiction as a child. "School milk" ads at the same time as my first biology teacher explained to us that cow milk isn't really a good idea. Those are the small moments where you learn, as a kid already, that the world is full of manipulation and dishonesty. One of the thausand cuts that tells you "public" society can't really be trusted.