Citation? What you fail to realize is that lower efficiency can induce more spending.
Do you think someone who trades their compact car in for a truck will spend less on gasoline because it's not as efficient?
Advertising was massive before the Internet, it's massive now, and it will be massive even if we prevent them from inferring life threatening secrets like sexual preferences for better targeted ads.
> Citation? What you fail to realize is that lower efficiency can induce more spending.
Please explain to me how a $1 ad which generated $0.01 in marginal profit, but now generates -$0.01 in marginal profit will continue to be funded. I'd love to know.
Do you think someone who trades their compact car in for a truck will spend less on gasoline because it's not as efficient?
Advertising was massive before the Internet, it's massive now, and it will be massive even if we prevent them from inferring life threatening secrets like sexual preferences for better targeted ads.