If I looked up gaming monitors, I’d rather get ads for PC components rather than ads for soap, for example. If I’m getting ads anyways, I’d want ads for stuff I might actually be interested in. Does that make sense?
For better or for worse, these services, which people very clearly do enjoy using, would not exist as free services without advertising. Things have costs and they have to get paid by someone, whether directly by the consumer or by advertisers.
Advertising is one thing. Targeted, personalized, data-harvested advertising is another. The internet can still exist with just normal, non-invasive advertising, you know. It did once.
You can’t just have advertisements for computer parts on a YouTube video about computers? Is that so inefficient that google really needs to just track you across websites as well? I doubt it. What you end up with are advertising blinders. You never see anything new or intriguing. Just more versions of stuff you already have because that’s what you clicked on.
Hell I probably would have bought some weird stuff from advertisements and might have kicked off some new hobbies if google just showed me ads for the stuff craftsmen use in their videos. Instead I get stupid android game ads that are nothing but annoying. If I trusted ads, I’d probably engage with the more.
… that kind of sucks actually. I’d rather have personalized ads that just random ass ads.
lol wat
If I looked up gaming monitors, I’d rather get ads for PC components rather than ads for soap, for example. If I’m getting ads anyways, I’d want ads for stuff I might actually be interested in. Does that make sense?
you don’t mind bulk data collection?
you don’t know how to block ads?
For better or for worse, these services, which people very clearly do enjoy using, would not exist as free services without advertising. Things have costs and they have to get paid by someone, whether directly by the consumer or by advertisers.
Advertising is one thing. Targeted, personalized, data-harvested advertising is another. The internet can still exist with just normal, non-invasive advertising, you know. It did once.
Something like Youtube could not exist without pretty extensive advertising or direct payment. The data costs at that scale alone are enormous.
You can’t just have advertisements for computer parts on a YouTube video about computers? Is that so inefficient that google really needs to just track you across websites as well? I doubt it. What you end up with are advertising blinders. You never see anything new or intriguing. Just more versions of stuff you already have because that’s what you clicked on.
Hell I probably would have bought some weird stuff from advertisements and might have kicked off some new hobbies if google just showed me ads for the stuff craftsmen use in their videos. Instead I get stupid android game ads that are nothing but annoying. If I trusted ads, I’d probably engage with the more.
I guess they need their martyrs… carry on
It’s disappointing to see how many people are downvoting this because, to them, it’s a “I disagree and think you’re an idiot” button.
Well, actually, I’ve kinda come to expect it here. People aren’t really interested in actual discourse.