Re:Europe's war on cookies
by LaGrange on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @08:26AM
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Wait, what, what's wrong with optimizing the brainwashing techniques applied to myself?
Yeah, I do prefer seeing ads for stuff I don't need and would never buy than ads for stuff I don't need but it's vaguely possible I might be brainwashed into buying. If I think I need something and I want to browse ads for that something, I will just find a relevant catalogue/industry magazine/whatever.
See, if someone finds a security bug that allows to change something in our computer's software, we freak out and go for patches. If someone finds a bug in our brains, we call that "ads custom-tailored for your needs."
Yeah, I do prefer seeing ads for stuff I don't need and would never buy than ads for stuff I don't need but it's vaguely possible I might be brainwashed into buying. If I think I need something and I want to browse ads for that something, I will just find a relevant catalogue/industry magazine/whatever.
See, if someone finds a security bug that allows to change something in our computer's software, we freak out and go for patches. If someone finds a bug in our brains, we call that "ads custom-tailored for your needs."