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Mori

@fixatedpersonsunit Great quote.

One of the most insidious travesties is advertising companies convincing people that personalised advertising is a good thing. No it’s not! It makes the ads more affective at psychologically nudging you towards an outcome that benefits the advertisers and their customers. It allows them the charge more money for that benefit. And it trains you to accept a very high level of advertising.
Turn off personalised ads and the pain you quickly feel from all the dross is what ads are really like.

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@mori @fixatedpersonsunit

Honestly, I think Bill Hicks was onto something when he said, during a stand-up:

"Is anyone here tonight in advertising? If so, KILL YOURSELF."

LOL

Mori

@CosmicTrigger @fixatedpersonsunit Yeah, I also recall him devilishly demolishing marketers as well. He knew the deal 😉

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@mori @fixatedpersonsunit

He might have said "marketing" not "advertising" but same thing really

Mori

@CosmicTrigger @fixatedpersonsunit Once I asked someone in marketing what the difference was and they couldn’t tell me.

lucas

@CosmicTrigger @mori @fixatedpersonsunit "Ohhh! He's going for the anti-marketing dollar, we've done the research, big market right now!"

AmonTheMetalHead

@mori @fixatedpersonsunit This is why I advocate adblocking, not using chrome etc. Even my android phone is ad- & google free and I wouldn't have it orherwise.

Mori

@AmonTheMetalHead @fixatedpersonsunit Yeah I eventually de-googled a few years back, partly from using other apps, partly from switching the iPhone, which isn’t perfect, but isn’t Google.

(((X Æ Å-12)))

@mori @fixatedpersonsunit This was one of the selling points at Xwitter: "pay for blue mark and get more personalised ads." I'm sorry, if you want to surveille me on internet you have to do it for free.

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@mori @fixatedpersonsunit They follow you on all devices. I used to use FB only on a tablet and I would see things I searched for on my computer on my FB which I kept totally private using a different name and email. The invasion is psychotic but we've become normalized to the near criminal cyber stalking.

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