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 threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Jan 26, 2023

@slothrop ermahgerd, amazeballs.  

Got a link?

Show threadTyrone SlothropJan 26, 2023

@rysiek Someone put up the text on Google Docs:

https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSVUwlTGIywViXvKoJ6A3q7tNsUO44XfBxP9kKv83Sm0--GiAo-rXjrWSzBsH3OwQ/pub

Apparently, Apple also is an anti-advertising extremist. That´s a bit of a pity. I feel much less avant-garde now.

It Starts Here_CEO Speech_finalfinal.docx

Show threadsorry 🇵🇸☭Jan 26, 2023

@slothrop @rysiek holy hell are these people this gullible?

who could take this seriously?

Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@almaember @slothrop this was not a public speech. It was a "rally the troops" internal kinda thing. And yes, they do believe this. And they believe they do good in the world. And all they ask in return is our data.
Jan 26, 2023 at 8:34pmWeb
Show threadsorry 🇵🇸☭Jan 26, 2023

@rysiek @slothrop Interesting. I guess they see us the same way (not that we aren't obviously right, though).

It is scary what propaganda can do to people.

Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Jan 26, 2023
@almaember @slothrop it's scary what material conditions can do to people. Their material conditions are such that they benefit from surveillance capitalism. So they will defend it to the death, while twisting themselves in knots to "prove" they are the good guys.
Show threadbigiainJan 27, 2023

@rysiek @almaember @slothrop

> And all they ask in return is our data.

And they won’t take “no” for an answer…

Show threadKyreethJul 19, 2023
@rysiek @almaember @slothrop Y’know though? If they want to take on Citizens United, I’m okay with that.