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Re:Algorithmic Trading with Go by otabdeveloper4 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @03:36AM (#36547697)
Ads are tremendously useful, just ask any business owner.

The problem with ads is not that they're useless, it's that it is an industry prone to scams and grift. (Because doing advertising right requires all sorts of actual science, and ain't nobody got time for that when there's money to be made.)

t. Worked for 20 years and adtech.

Re:Algorithmic Trading with Go by ilyt on Sunday July 02, 2023 @04:53AM (#36559635)
Disagree, most are actively harmful as it makes the product with best marketing win, not the objectively/subjectively best one.