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by elvis10ten 931 days ago
> Our culture needs to confront the fact that people are tired of their attention being diverted from their goals every day just so some dumb companies can remind us they exist.

This seems like an argument against non-targeted/contextual ads only? Because goals and ads can align.

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> Because goals and ads can align.

If one is a rube, sure. Psychologically savvy people won't fall to such obvious attempts to manipulate.