It might be worth spending some time reflecting on why you hold that position.
Do you have any evidence for it?
Perhaps more importantly, would you personally be generally more at-ease if this were more true than the alternative?
I ask because it seems to me like it would be simpler to take them at their word (i.e that they are genuinely disappointed that advertising GIFs are where so much of this generation of tech's effort is spent). It doesn't seem out of character for people to express disappointment about that sort of thing without their personal salaries being a factor.
(the royal) You don't have evidence that the vast majority of user's care about ethics either. If you have numbers, please share, and I'm happy to apologize and reverse my position
Do you have any evidence for it?
Perhaps more importantly, would you personally be generally more at-ease if this were more true than the alternative?
I ask because it seems to me like it would be simpler to take them at their word (i.e that they are genuinely disappointed that advertising GIFs are where so much of this generation of tech's effort is spent). It doesn't seem out of character for people to express disappointment about that sort of thing without their personal salaries being a factor.