[Medh_Suk]

Marketers have ruined internet with deceptive and click baity ads.

I dont have a problem with ads, just dont sell my data to everyone who knocks on your companies doors. Happy to support ethical ads.

Twitter ads are aweful, showing unknown, click bait ads on its platform.

[spacemadness]

It’s interesting we hear a lot about how engineers need to understand ethics, but nobody says a peep about the field of marketing which focuses on psychological manipulation and deception.

[JohnFen]

I think that's because everyone already knows that the marketing field is slimy and don't expect differently from it. There is still hope for devs, though.

[hext]

Advertising, as a field, has had a horrible reputation since way before anyone on this site was born.

[JohnFen]

Yep. It's almost like most people don't appreciate being manipulated.

[wkat4242]

I'm not supporting any ads anymore ever again. My trust in the industry has been eroded so much that I can't imagine them going the right thing even when they claim to do so.

[drdeca]

I don't even have a problem with what ads I'm shown being based on some information about me. I'd happily provide additional information which I think would, if it were used, result in less ads being wasted on me (showing me ads for horror movies/game is never going to benefit the movie/game company, and I find the ads unpleasant. Not showing me ads for horror content, and showing other ads instead, should be a win-win. But the only topics google lets me restrict ads for are "gambling", "alcohol", "dating", and like one or two others that I don't remember. Maybe "parenting"?)

[LaundroMat]

... deceptive and click baity content too.