> Despite their whining, most people want free stuff, and ads are almost free (a small attention cost).
> Most consumers cannot afford to pay for software or news subscriptions.
> Don’t work for adtech, block all your ads, pay for everything.
All this is false.
Growth hacking has created products that are addictive and which people don't really need. These are then justified by saying that consumers can't afford to pay for them (fact is that they wouldn't do because deep down they know they're not worth much). And in the meantime society suffers the consequences whilst FB etc profits hugely.
Are you quoting the opinion of Advertisers? Advertising could only be benifical to society if advertisers knew better about what a person needed then the person itself.
Certainly if this were not the case, people seek out advertisements themselves (classifieds).
"All possible services are good for society and the only valid criteria use as to whether they are offered is whether they make someone (probably Facebook or Google) money"
> Most consumers cannot afford to pay for software or news subscriptions.
> Don’t work for adtech, block all your ads, pay for everything.
All this is false.
Growth hacking has created products that are addictive and which people don't really need. These are then justified by saying that consumers can't afford to pay for them (fact is that they wouldn't do because deep down they know they're not worth much). And in the meantime society suffers the consequences whilst FB etc profits hugely.