RememberTheApollo_Feb 20

Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization

https://lemmy.world/post/43375695

Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization - Lemmy.World

The internet runs on ads. Ad companies pay for all the “free” social media we use. Ad companies dictate to social media what their clients want their ads to be associated with, not associated with, and drive media of all kinds to push inflammatory and click-bait content that drives engagement and views. So lowbrow political rage bait, science denialism, and fake conspiracies drives people to interact and then gets pushed to the top because it gets ad revenue. Content that delves into critical thought and requires introspection or contemplation languishes. Ads are destroying society because stupid and rage sells views.

Show threadRhynoplazFeb 20

Follow the money. Advertisement exists because businesses demand it.

Your post is literally shooting the messenger.

Show threadalonsohmtz

🤡s like you are why we have ads.

It’s not that “businesses demand it,” it’s that people (like you) don’t have higher standards.

Feb 22 at 12:05pmWeb
Show threadRhynoplazFeb 22

You might as well tell me it’s my fault that you can’t fly because I pointed out that gravity exists.

I hate them as much as you do, but I at least know where to place the blame.

Show threadalonsohmtzFeb 22

but I at least know where to place the blame.

Except you don’t. If people demanded more, they would get more.

Since most people are like you and accept ads as an inevitability, that’s what we get.