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What about the ad for your kids' school fundraiser? Or the ad for a used car that your cousin would love. Or the poster for the concert at your local communit

• jawilson2 1y ago
  > What about the ad for your kids' school fundraiser? My kids should come home with a flyer for it. > Or the ad for a used car that your cousin would love. I will actively seek out and research a car. > Or the poster for the concert at your local community hall. Presumably this physical paper poster doesn't give me malware/AIDS if I look at it or tear off a slip. My overriding personal objective is to be able to exist without being expected to consume and spend constantly every moment, waking or otherwise. In an ideal world, I should have to give consent to be advertised to, and should be able to operate in public without being bombarded with companies trying to take my money.
  • koliber 1y ago
    > My overriding personal objective is to be able to exist without being expected to consume and spend constantly every moment, waking or otherwise We're fully aligned. The original point I was trying to make is that advertising can be done well, in a way that is compatible with this objective. Unfortunately, in many cases they aren't. > In an ideal world, I should have to give consent to be advertised to I thought about this a while back, and I think being bombarded with requests for consent is worse than being bombarded with ads. Cookie consent banners convinced me. > My kids should come home with a flyer for it. Fliers are ads. > I will actively seek out and research a car. Probably in some classified ads.