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Re:Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after creating A... by rchaud on Thursday April 04, 2024 @10:24AM (#39930800)
> Can I take this a step further and say that advertising is the true problem here?

No, you cannot. You are meddling with the forces of nature with this sort of talk!

Without unregulated online advertising, there is no Facebook or Google or Twitter. Modern Silicon Valley could not exist without the fortunes made by showing people ads. Apple, Netflix, Amazon are all deep in it now as well.

Re:Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after creating A... by nvy on Thursday April 04, 2024 @10:33AM (#39930926)
>Without unregulated online advertising, there is no Facebook or Google or Twitter. Modern Silicon Valley could not exist without the fortunes made by showing people ads.

Awesome!

Re:Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after creating A... by mandmandam on Thursday April 04, 2024 @10:38AM (#39930990)
> Modern Silicon Valley could not exist without the fortunes made by showing people ads.

The Silicon Valley full of genocide cheerleaders? Sounds like you're threatening me with a good time.

Facebook is ghoulish, and has scammed and brainwashed a huge portion of the most vulnerable people. Google is evil. Twitter is the dumpster fire other dumpster fires are ashamed of.

People seem to be missing your Network reference. Regardless of how you intended it, yes, advertising is undoubtedly one of the greatest and least noticed evils of our age. There have been many warnings over the decades, but they don't get much airtime for some completely unsurprising reason.