I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don’t belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren’t installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say “Download this app today”. The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

  • Nonameuser678@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    The person who was instrumental in the development of modern advertising was also involved in the notorious little Albert experiment. That really says a lot about how unethical modern advertising is on a psychological level. As a psych major myself I am constantly disgusted by how manipulative and toxic advertising is. It actually troubles me how we’ve essentially just accepted this as part of our society now.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Albert_experiment

    • redballooon@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      “The aim of Watson and Rayner was to condition a phobia in an emotionally stable child.”