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I have only one: Ads.

Ads shouldn't exist. The fact that most human endeavours now are forced to use ads is insane.



Ads are a brute force approach to the challenge of having useful information (company X offers Y) reach their target (people who needs Y presently or in the future).

If you say no ads should exist, then what alternatives would you have for that challenge?


Humanity lived without ads for thousands of years, I think we can do without.


That time coincided with humanity living near the lowest standards of life.


I like adverts. They inform me about good things I could buy that I otherwise wouldn't have known about.


You seem to use the word "good" very liberally.


That's not the point of ads.




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