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Re:We’re dropping Google Ads by RodericDay on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:52PM (#14094616)
Are advertisements themselves moral?

How can you debate the finer points of whether accessing a website and rejecting ads is moral or not, when you haven't built a moral case for urging and tricking people into buying stuff that they don't need?

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Re:We’re dropping Google Ads by paulcole on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:56PM (#14094627)
> tricking people into buying stuff that they don't need

This tells me all I need to know. If this is your stance on advertising, I don't know what to tell you.

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Re:We’re dropping Google Ads by Symbiote on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @03:36AM (#14095583)
What do you think the purpose of advertising is?
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Re:We’re dropping Google Ads by RodericDay on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @12:30AM (#14094757)
Your inability to grapple with the question tells me all I need to know, too.
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