I reject this analogy, it's like saying "You walked into a supermarket to buy an apple for a dollar, it ended up costing you eight dollars because of taxes and fees and unfortunately those seven extra dollars were spent before you ever got the apple, so I guess the apple still costs a dollar but when you walk out of the store you'll be eight dollars poorer."
Advertising isn't voluntarily entered into by us, it's forced on the consumer. Personally I try to avoid patronizing sites that use heavy advertising (except interesting articles forwarded to me) but I am more speaking on the harm to us all. I suppose I could reword my comment above a bit more accurately to "I reject the normalization of advertising in society."
Advertising isn't voluntarily entered into by us, it's forced on the consumer. Personally I try to avoid patronizing sites that use heavy advertising (except interesting articles forwarded to me) but I am more speaking on the harm to us all. I suppose I could reword my comment above a bit more accurately to "I reject the normalization of advertising in society."