▲ 156 ▼ US says troops were targeted with location data, as senator warns ad industry is a ‘national security threat’ (www.wyden.senate.gov) submitted 5 months ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zier@fedia.io 42 points 5 months ago (7 children) Advertising is a cancer. permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago It is a(and one of the many we suffer from) symptoms of capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (3 children) Online advertising is a cancer I would say. When I get an ad mailer I'll look through pretty much the whole thing, because it's most likely local businesses and I know just looking won't come back to bite me in any way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) OTOH, it seems like ~44% of junk mail gets thrown away without ever being opened: https://zerojunkmail.org/environmental-impact That's a bunch of environmental destruction and personal annoyances caused, so the label "cancer" seems fair to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) If they try to deceive me by making the outside look handwritten or using wording like "FINAL NOTICE" then yeah, straight in the trash without a 2nd look. If it's obviously an ad from the get go I'll usually give it a skim at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago That's good! But I'd still prefer if I and the other 44% could at least say "please stop producing and sending us trash". They should really make mailed advertisements opt-in, but of course the industry won't do that. And this what makes it cancerous IMO: they never give up trying to inject ads into people's lives. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dan1101@lemmy.world -4 points 5 months ago (1 child) OTOH, serving content is not free and something needs to pay the hosting/publishing bills. The problem IMO is invasive ad serving tech and deceptive ads, which are often both uncurated and deceptive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago Sure, serving content isn’t free. Maybe we don’t need to serve so much damn content then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago It is a(and one of the many we suffer from) symptoms of capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (3 children) Online advertising is a cancer I would say. When I get an ad mailer I'll look through pretty much the whole thing, because it's most likely local businesses and I know just looking won't come back to bite me in any way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) OTOH, it seems like ~44% of junk mail gets thrown away without ever being opened: https://zerojunkmail.org/environmental-impact That's a bunch of environmental destruction and personal annoyances caused, so the label "cancer" seems fair to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) If they try to deceive me by making the outside look handwritten or using wording like "FINAL NOTICE" then yeah, straight in the trash without a 2nd look. If it's obviously an ad from the get go I'll usually give it a skim at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago That's good! But I'd still prefer if I and the other 44% could at least say "please stop producing and sending us trash". They should really make mailed advertisements opt-in, but of course the industry won't do that. And this what makes it cancerous IMO: they never give up trying to inject ads into people's lives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) OTOH, it seems like ~44% of junk mail gets thrown away without ever being opened: https://zerojunkmail.org/environmental-impact That's a bunch of environmental destruction and personal annoyances caused, so the label "cancer" seems fair to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) If they try to deceive me by making the outside look handwritten or using wording like "FINAL NOTICE" then yeah, straight in the trash without a 2nd look. If it's obviously an ad from the get go I'll usually give it a skim at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago That's good! But I'd still prefer if I and the other 44% could at least say "please stop producing and sending us trash". They should really make mailed advertisements opt-in, but of course the industry won't do that. And this what makes it cancerous IMO: they never give up trying to inject ads into people's lives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) If they try to deceive me by making the outside look handwritten or using wording like "FINAL NOTICE" then yeah, straight in the trash without a 2nd look. If it's obviously an ad from the get go I'll usually give it a skim at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago That's good! But I'd still prefer if I and the other 44% could at least say "please stop producing and sending us trash". They should really make mailed advertisements opt-in, but of course the industry won't do that. And this what makes it cancerous IMO: they never give up trying to inject ads into people's lives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago That's good! But I'd still prefer if I and the other 44% could at least say "please stop producing and sending us trash". They should really make mailed advertisements opt-in, but of course the industry won't do that. And this what makes it cancerous IMO: they never give up trying to inject ads into people's lives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan1101@lemmy.world -4 points 5 months ago (1 child) OTOH, serving content is not free and something needs to pay the hosting/publishing bills. The problem IMO is invasive ad serving tech and deceptive ads, which are often both uncurated and deceptive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago Sure, serving content isn’t free. Maybe we don’t need to serve so much damn content then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tyler@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago Sure, serving content isn’t free. Maybe we don’t need to serve so much damn content then. permalink fedilink source parent