I used to work in an advertising start-up, and I have no qualms about it. I think it's naive to consider it "unacceptable" or "evil" ... and there are two BIG r

I used to work in an advertising start-up, and I have no qualms about it. I think it's naive to consider it "unacceptable" or "evil" ... and there are two BIG reasons I say this: (1) Google and (2) Free Content vs Pay-walls (1) Google essentially reads your emails and any searches you do, and provides ads based upon any/all data you provide to it (including Google+, Drive, etc.) Last time I checked Google was pretty popular and this business model was pretty well accepted... (2) With so much free-content on the web, is it that much to ask that the people producing that content have a means to make a living? The fact that we can Google virtually ANY information in the world (even on our phones for crying-out-loud) is worth the small sacrifice that we see a few ads in the process