You’re right but damn somehwhere along the way ads got so Intrusive and turned into a privacy nightmare. Also malicious ads that steal your bank info or infect your computer with viruses.
To the point where the FBI (the one from before when actual adults still ran it) even recommends to use an adblocker now.
I would never have cared about ads if they hadn’t started being targeted and the congregate data sold to government agencies so they can sidestep my rights and not need a warrant to track me.
Yup. Blame Google for that one. They built a trillion dollar empire on collecting data better than anyone else, and using that data to sell extremely targeted ads.
You’re right but damn somehwhere along the way ads got so Intrusive and turned into a privacy nightmare. Also malicious ads that steal your bank info or infect your computer with viruses.
To the point where the FBI (the one from before when actual adults still ran it) even recommends to use an adblocker now.
I would never have cared about ads if they hadn’t started being targeted and the congregate data sold to government agencies so they can sidestep my rights and not need a warrant to track me.
Yup. Blame Google for that one. They built a trillion dollar empire on collecting data better than anyone else, and using that data to sell extremely targeted ads.