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You don't make any case for your argument. If one person is making a car, and another person is looking to buy a car, you are contributing value to society by m

by ditonal 12y ago

You don't make any case for your argument. If one person is making a car, and another person is looking to buy a car, you are contributing value to society by matching them up to make a transaction. I don't dispute that advertising can be unethical, or that many of these big tech companies have faced some difficult decisions and debatably have made the wrongs ones. But you can do unethical things in any industry, and advertising is not fundamentally unethical.

joepie91_ 12y ago
Advertising absolutely is inherently unethical - manipulation is a core component of it. That's the difference between an advertisement and a listing.
- ditonal 12y ago
  AdWords is basically a listing, directed at the most appropriate audience. You seem to be mixing up advertising and marketing.
  - joepie91_ 12y ago
    It is absolutely not. If it were a listing, it'd list the name and nothing else. The description text is supposed to be persuasive.