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I agree with a lot of this but I think it's excessive to say involvement in any ad makes you terrible. Local band puts up flyer at local bar. Karaoke MC says he'll be at bar Y next week and back here same day next month. I don't think that makes them bad people. I certainly don't think it makes the people who designed the flyer bad people. I think ads have become bad and pervasive, but in reality they could and should serve a purpose. If there's something I'd be interested in, I want to know about it, but there's no way for me to subconsciously just get all of that information. Newsletters, another form of advertising, are a great way to do this, but those too have suffered. Ads could at least be somewhat informative, but now they're all just "brand awareness". I think that's one of the big issues. I understand the perspective of wanting a 0 ad life, but I think a lot of that mindset comes from the abuse ads have done. Autoplay video ads? Abhorrent. Small ad on a bar website telling me when happy hour is? Helpful. That's just my opinion, obviously, but I thought I'd mention as an alternative perspective.