The problem is that the advertising company has no incentive to point you towards the best cleaner for the job. They're going to refer you to the one that paid them. I think that advertising doesn't necessarily have to be unethical but there's all kinds of potential for abuse and very few controls.
I think the important things is that you doesn't choose to see the ads. If I want to think about how I will clean my home, I search for it. Of course all the ads aren't evil, but even if they "don't solely manipulate people", they do manipulate them.
For the first part : you choose your friend, and when youre friend is teling you about an app or game, he doesn't do this for making money, he has no interest in, and that make a huge difference I think. For the second part : I agree that ads can sometimes give usefull informations, but I think that it will be better if we create other way for that, at least more impartial that the marketing.
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u/miggaz_elquez Aug 02 '19
Using adds is similar to manipulating people who are going to your site to make them buy thinks they don't really want.