[jononor]

How are the ads that FB pushes into your feed not spam? Seems more or less indistinguishable too me

[amdavidson]

Do you consider ads on cable TV to be spam? Likely not.

Like them or don't, but the ads on FB are not spam because they are not unsolicited and are targeted.

[jononor]

Of course I do. It is one of the reasons I do not have a TV.

If there was a plain choice between without ads and with (probably at different prices), I could accept them as a transaction I have accepted. But such choices are often not available, they are bundled in with a bunch of other choices.

[zodPod]

Agreed on all counts! It's pretty weird that we pay really good money for TV and then still have to sit through commercials, isn't it?

[0x445442]

100% agree. I hate paying for TV which still has ads. It's why almost all content I consume through the flat screen in the living room now is either Netflix, Amazon or Youtube. About the only thing I watch OTA or via Sling now is sports. And I was born before Nixon was President.