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Something that actually benefits society. Something that pushes it forward.

You're gonna have to do a pretty amazing job to convince people that ad tech qualifies as that.

I had ads but playing devils advocate they have given a huge number of people access to technologies they never would have had access to otherwise. They have made entire businesses viable that wouldn’t be as good otherwise.

Ads themselves, sure. Ad tracking tech, not so much.

I think the problem more importantly is the current tracking ad bubble. The design of the current debt based economy naturally leads to these kinds of bubbles.

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