Advertising should be illegal.
The world would be a better place without it.
Comment on The current system of online advertising has been ruled illegal
huppakee@feddit.nl 3 days ago
I’m not a fan of being tracked so don’t get me wrong, but without the money earned with advertising the Internet will look very different and not only in a good way.
propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Ding ding ding
Advertising has funded many things yet hasn’t made anything better, ever.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 days ago
Demonstrably incorrect. Advertising is responsible for many, many fantastic free services.
huppakee@feddit.nl 3 days ago
A lot of advertising is annoying and misleading, even good advertising can lead to people buying stuff they don’t need. I am definitely not pro-advertising but it does serve more than monopolistic capitalism, especially on a more local level.
tad_lispy@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Advertising predates tracking by millennia. We can have online advertising without tracking, and certainly without this orgy of sharing data between 4353 partners. But market alone won’t get us there, because whoever offers advertising without tracking and selling data will be at a huge disadvantage compared to the crooks who sell. Only regulatory action can help. So this small step should be celebrated.
banshee@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I disagree. The online advertising industry needs to shrink, and we should probably break up the monopolies.
Look at this chart:
U.S. online advertising revenue from 2000 to 2024
Growth of advertising correlates with enshittification.
huppakee@feddit.nl 3 days ago
I 100% agree and totally get why I am being downvoted, but just disabling advertising or banning tracking cookies are not a magic fix to save the internet from the perspective of the companies that now show these ads. But I am definitely I favour of changes, the enshittication went way to far already. But there is more than big social media platforms is what I mean to say.
banshee@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I agree with that!