What harm does public data have to you? Couldn’t one just ignore the ads? You can’t see anyone watching you, is public data good for public records? (I’m just curious).

  • Michael@lemmy.perthchat.org
    25·
    2 years ago

    Couldn’t you just ignore the ads?

    That’s not how ads work, they are extremely manipulative and leave lasting impressions on your psyche, even if you conciously reject their message.

    • Tangentism@lemmy.ml
      7·
      2 years ago

      Advertising shits in your head

      Companies fill the space now with their hideous brands, waging the same frenzied battle as the jungle species in order to appropriate the public space and attention with images and words, like animals with their screams and piss’

      – Michel Serres