I do so hate the intrustive ads. In fact, I hate most ads and take active steps to ensure my browsing is as ad free as I can manage to make it. While I understand the purpose of advertising, I’ll stick with word of mouth instead of what I might be exposed to. Anytime I see an ad, I sort of think there is something wrong with the product because they are having to toot their own horn instead of letting their product’s quality speak for itself.

I reward those that manage to break into my privacy when I go to the store. One of the things I consider before taking any product off the shelf, is what do I know of the maker of this product and have they been part of an intrusive ad? If the answer is yes, then I look for another product that probably works better and doesn’t have the advertising campaign added to the total price of the product. That advertising cost does nothing to add to the preformance of the item except raise the price. Why should I pay for their having to tell everyone because the product isn’t as good?

The other end of this advertising is that they want your data for free to target you. They don’t mind stealing your resources, stealing your time with bs, your privacy, and the majority of the time, they won’t even tell you up front without burying in legalese so that it is difficult to find even actually read it. As far as I am concerned advertising is just like spam, a pest industry.