Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat...
by bigbubba on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:28PM
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It's common practice in the advertising industry to exploit people's feelings of inadequacy. This is an industry that doesn't think twice about making an emotionally vulnerable teenager feel like a loser if they think it will help them sell some shitty product as the 'solution.' This is directly harming people's health.
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Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat...
by blacksmith_tb on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:44AM
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Yes, I considered that, and I agree that it's an industry that does cause psychological harm to make a buck. But that still seems a little different than causing respiratory illness - maybe not that different, really...
Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat...
by bigbubba on Thursday December 17, 2020 @06:21PM
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With regard to particulate emissions, consider the role advertisers play in the deaths attributable to the tobacco industry. I'd wager more have been killed by tobacco industry advertisers than by VW engineers.