There is actually a great deal of innovation in advertising! I don't think the ad ID tracking is going to, on net, matter. For example, Fortnite already has unavoidable branded advertising that doesn't require tracking at all to work. Native ads can't be blocked by uBlock.
The big forces at play move around where advertising goes, but it doesn't really get rid of it or necessarily make it "better". Probably we should not allow advertising to kids, and yet here we are, Roblox and Fortnite branded experiences primarily for very young children! Thanks Obama.
> disdain
I don't know, I only have a jokey disdain for the end user. People have rehashed these arguments a million times. You can't just righteous your way into being right here. I would just say you didn't name any harms, and then you went and blew very hard.
It's all tradeoffs at the end of the day. A better entertained, better informed public - enjoying their free IP paid by better ads - is worth the some-abstract-not-yet harms.
That said I believe journalists are definitely getting fucked by the government, Google, Meta and even Apple, with the shit payouts of Apple News being unsustainable too. You misunderstand me, these giant corporations are definitely the antagonist.
It's just not necessarily most advertisers, who just want to get you to buy shoes or whatever the fuck. Nobody forces you to buy anything. But someone has to feed the journalists.
I understand this is a stylized opinion.
There is actually a great deal of innovation in advertising! I don't think the ad ID tracking is going to, on net, matter. For example, Fortnite already has unavoidable branded advertising that doesn't require tracking at all to work. Native ads can't be blocked by uBlock.
The big forces at play move around where advertising goes, but it doesn't really get rid of it or necessarily make it "better". Probably we should not allow advertising to kids, and yet here we are, Roblox and Fortnite branded experiences primarily for very young children! Thanks Obama.
> disdain
I don't know, I only have a jokey disdain for the end user. People have rehashed these arguments a million times. You can't just righteous your way into being right here. I would just say you didn't name any harms, and then you went and blew very hard.