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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am not immune they are distracting my thoughts and stirring my deep hate for them.

Ads are assault. Adblock is accessibility.

Ethical advertisements can exist, its super rare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

With all the information that Google knows about us and everything, they could in theory be doing a great job suggesting things that would be great for us - for example showing me a product or service I don't know exists which would help me with some problem I may be having.

Google pretends that it's what they do - showing the best possible ads for us. But what they do is the complete opposite, they find the best possible users to show their ads to. They have a responsibility to the ad, not to the user.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

its more isidious than that; they show you the ad that makes the most money for them. regardless if you need it or not.