[wearywanderer]

Advertising is linked to depression, body dysmorphic disorders like anorexia, and numerous other adverse mental conditions. The advertising industry has a whole lot of blood on their hands. This is an industry that doesn't think twice about exploiting people's feelings of vulnerability or isolation to help sell products. The more vulnerable the demographic, the more abusive the advertising industry gets. Just look at the shit they subject teenagers to; almost all the advertising to teenagers is focused on how buying [product] will make the teenager like the popular and attractive models being used to shill the product.

[JW_00000]

Do you have a source (or more than one :) ) for that first statement? I believe it intuitively but would like to know if it's actually true.

[mavhc]

On the plus side it gives free information to billions of people, now everyone can have free gps maps, email, websites

[CrazedGeek]

It’s not free if you’re paying with your health.

[mavhc]

How is your health affected?

[Nicksil]

>On the plus side it gives free information to billions of people, now everyone can have free gps maps, email, websites

We've had that all along; for free. Nothing in this list is thanks to advertising.

[mavhc]

Really? I remember people buying Satnavs and maps, and paying for email and hosting