You also never clicked an advert or used your real name.

Please tell me that people aren’t clicking ads…

From an actual conversation I had once:

“What’s your problem with adds, I love them. They always recommend things I could actually use. It’s genuinely a great way for me to learn about new products or services.”

Sure. Fundamentally, this is what ads should do. The problem comes from how intrusive they are in pushing their propaganda. And now they’re literally everywhere.

I remember back in the day before browser tabs when sites would open new windows for ads. And sometimes those ads would open more windows for ads. And some of those windows had sound, or porn, or both. Worse yet, some would open off screen so you couldn’t easily close them. That’s where the term “pop-up” came from in pop-up blockers.

~Talk about whack-a-mole.~

Even Youtube is filled with scam adds, trusting adds to deliver you worthwhile results is like trusting Facebook not to sell your data to the highest bidder.