Arguments against ads:
- They provide unsollicited information, which distracts and irritates users.
- They use screen real estate.
- They use bandwidth.
- They use energy.
- They make websites slower.
- They introduce security problems.
- They track users, collect their data.
- They incentivize companies to disrespect our privacy.
- They put users in an information bubble.
- Market failure: not the "best" product wins, but the one with the biggest advertisement budget behind it.
- They make people feel inconfident (see photoshopped fashion ads)
- They play with our minds.
- They are often targeted at children.