[wunderlotus]

Ads can be useful when they are optimized for users and not for advertiser/ad platform.

I do agree with you about the deluding part though. I was (as a user) all for hyper-personalization of ads on all platforms when I worked in ads. Since I’m not longer working in ads, I’m more skeptical and value privacy a lot more.

Honestly, the core problem is that we can’t trust the platforms selling the ads.

[rchaud]

Yeah and private health insurance can be useful if it is designed to pool risk across a population, help make healthcare costs transparent and pay for treatments that people need. But that's not where the money is.