Yet the entertainment and content-creating side of the internet relies very explicitly on ad revenue.
Are creators that rely on revenue generated by manipulating human psychology morally bankrupt?
Frankly, it's shameful for any company that says they care about their customers to employ marketing psychology tactics. Marketing and advertising are (in their modern, virulent form) simply an attempt to hack viewers to shift the locus of control from the customer to the business. (Other objectionable things about tech have this kind of behavior, too.)
Frankly, it's just disgusting and I can't blame customers for really viewing companies negatively based on their advertising practices.
(If all that wasn't bad enough, online advertising often comes with literal malware ontop.)