Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B
by bentcorner on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:49AM
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While I hate ads, it's impossible to live in a world without it.
Because even at the most extreme, where there are no ads, even the most minimal difference like location or appearance has value. Consider the simple example of a grocery store - what products do they place at eye level? What products do they place closer to the entrance? What color does P&G make their detergent bottle? What do they call it?
It's all "advertising", and there's no practical way to prevent it.
The alternative is that everything is packaged in the same sized gray box and described in perfectly utilitarian terms.
So advertising will always exist. We just need to know where to draw the line.
Because even at the most extreme, where there are no ads, even the most minimal difference like location or appearance has value. Consider the simple example of a grocery store - what products do they place at eye level? What products do they place closer to the entrance? What color does P&G make their detergent bottle? What do they call it?
It's all "advertising", and there's no practical way to prevent it.
The alternative is that everything is packaged in the same sized gray box and described in perfectly utilitarian terms.
So advertising will always exist. We just need to know where to draw the line.