Comment on Why aren't advertisers (Microsoft, Facebook, Google) held responsible for allowing scammy adverts?
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 year agoThe problem: companies profit by advertising shit that’s barely legal
The solution: “install an adblock lol”
Explain to me how that solves the problem
“You don’t see the ads anymore”
Yet the company is still profitting and anyone without adblock still sees it. It’s the equivalent of closing your eyes to a problem.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 year ago
Ok but realistically, what can you do right now? It’s not like you can only do one thing. In the immediate and personally-focused term, you can do an adblocker. If you want to change the world, you can do that too. But that’s not apathy. You’re just acting like promoting adblockers comes at the expense of meaningful change. That’s ridiculous.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 year ago
You should’ve lead with that instead of just “use an adblock”, completely skirting the actual problem. The way you first commented was apathetic.
That would make sense if the discussion wasn’t targeted specifically at the responsible companies. It’s the same thing as saying “use Linux” whenever a complaint about windows shows up.
Just in case it’s not clear, the way you reply makes all the difference in how you’re interpreted. “I use adblock and so should you”
!=“these companies profit off it, it’s why everyone should use an adblock”BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 year ago
I didn’t make the original comment so I shouldn’t/couldn’t have done anything.
This is the problem with online “debates,“ people just pretend nuanced and implications don’t exist. It is very clear that they are talking about an individual solution to get ads away from you right now. I feel like if we were all sitting at a dinner table having a conversation you wouldn’t be nearly as challenging about that as you are now. But we’re online, so people act like there’s no possible way to interpret things other than fiercely literally. It’s just a natural extension of not giving people the benefit of the doubt, refusing to engage with the best possible version of somebody’s argument. We’re always looking for holes.