Tyrone SlothropJan 26, 2023

So the CEO of online ads giant IAB made a pretty… remarkable speech, saying:

"These extremists (referring to privacy advocates) are political opportunists who’ve made it their mission to cripple the advertising industry and eliminate it from the American economy and culture."

And this, friends, is our mission statement RIGHT THERE.

Show threadTyrone SlothropJan 26, 2023

Of course our ambition shouldn’t be limited to the US.

Burning the online advertising industry to the ground needs to be a global undertaking.

Show threadSylvJan 26, 2023
@slothrop Burning the advertising industry completely. billboards in the streets also need to go
Show threadSpark Purcell (they/them)Jan 26, 2023
@sieri @slothrop I saw this on fedi a few days ago, I don't remember who posted it originally, but this... yes... (EDIT to add alt text since this keeps getting boosted- a screenshot of a banksy, i don't know the title or whatever from 2007 i think. It's a pic of an empty billboard with "The joy of not being sold anything" written on it.)
Show threadSpark Purcell (they/them)
@sieri @slothrop I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. Replace all ads with cat pics, the world will be better off...
Jan 26, 2023 at 6:25pmWeb
Show threadSpark Purcell (they/them)Jul 19, 2023
@sieri @slothrop this thread is getting boosted again... good. keep boosting all the anti ad sentiments, remind everyone that wants to add adtech malware to the fediverse that WE DON'T WANT THAT SHIT HERE. Ever.