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Reddit abandons user privacy - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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I left a couple of months ago. Couldn't be happier.

The writing is on the wall. The leader thinks the Genius-with-hair-transplants is a superstar, despite destroying a globally recognised brand. Inspired by this, Spez is trying to get Reddit ready for an IPO. This means, maximise profits by any means.

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[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Yea it feels like something has been rotten with the ads industry for a long while. I’ve read a few pieces here and there about how it could collapse and that it’s built almost entirely on dumb lies. But it’s still here.

I’m no economist, but my best guess is that it’s a little like war and the effort we put into it. Complete trashy waste almost all the time, except for when one person or country decides to put effort into it, because then you have to as well or run huge risks. We’d all be better off without ads, including brands/companies, but when one is doing it every company has to too.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Ads are meant to get brand recognition out there for most things. Then when you're in a store you buy what you've heard of before. They wouldn't do it if it wasn't effective.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

With very, very few exceptions, any time I see an ad I make a mental note to never buy that product. As such, most products I am familiar with(presumably because I saw an ad) I will not buy. The exception is pretty much just Hershey's chocolate bars, I can't live without them.

[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You had me on board until... Hershey's chocolate? That's not even chocolate anymore, it's like putrid brown wax!

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