I'm quite surprised to see so many here seem to agree with the idea that advertising is seemingly inherently bad. This article in particular is full of over-the

I'm quite surprised to see so many here seem to agree with the idea that advertising is seemingly inherently bad. This article in particular is full of over-the-top writing that drives me crazy. "advertising imposes costs on individuals without permission or compensation. It extracts our precious attention and emits toxic by-products, such as the sale of our personal information to dodgy third parties." I wish my life was that important that my attention not only could be "precious" but that it was so precious that that I'm worried about the demands ads make on my attention instead of other things (like staying up too late making comments on web sites...).