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diff --git a/content/entry/fuck-advertising.md b/content/entry/fuck-advertising.md index 4c8113a..01612a8 100644 --- a/content/entry/fuck-advertising.md +++ b/content/entry/fuck-advertising.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ I support total advertising denial and would be pleased to see more people engag Like Hugo, I also use an ad blocker when browsing the web, which would be totally unusable for me without it. I don't feel an ounce of guilt for using it either. It's my computer and I'll decide what content loads on it and what doesn't. I see no reason why I'm morally obligated to forego control over my own computer and waste CPU, RAM, and bandwidth looking at ads for products I'll never buy to financially support a business through a business model I'd rather didn't exist. -Since most online advertising happens through Google, even allowing ads to load in my browser contributes to [surveillance capitalism](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism), a creepy business model which reinforces [massive surveillance](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance), threatening freedom and democracy. Hugo's opinion on this from the article seems very similar to mine: +Since most online advertising happens through Google, even allowing ads to load in my browser contributes to [surveillance capitalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism), a creepy business model which reinforces [massive surveillance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance), threatening freedom and democracy. Hugo's opinion on this from the article seems very similar to mine: > "Advertising is not socially neutral. It is shitting in people's heads, or squatting in them. It is also the fundamental driver and enabler of surveillance capitalism as a business model. In this regard, I consider adblocking (with zero tolerance for adblocking failures) wholly non-optional. This is before taking into account additional advantages of adblocking, such as significantly reducing page bloat, bandwidth use, local resource consumption (CPU/memory), and exposure to potential malware." |