Targeted ads are a relatively new phenomenon - many people (especially older generations/parents) just don't understand how poisonous they are. 70 years ago parents were okay with their kids smoking cigarettes in school. Ads and tobacco and sugar and whatnot are not good for the consumer, but they're addictive and lucrative, so they will be pushed on us until we stop buying.

1. People need to be educated on the manipulative and detrimental effects of ads, which is difficult because

2. There is a concerted effort by advertising companies to keep people in the dark in order to keep milking more money out of them.

Hopefully it won't take a generational mental health epidemic (as smoking was to lung cancer) for us to regulate Big Tech. We're already seeing depression/anxiety/suicide rates skyrocket, teen/young adult quality of life dropping, people of all ages addicted to dopamine gambling systems, etc.