<story><title>Facebook will start putting ads in Oculus Quest apps</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/16/22535511/facebook-ads-oculus-quest-vr-apps</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>root_axis</author><text>Why isn&amp;#x27;t there a bigger push to regulate the pernicious injection of ads into every aspect of society? There is regularly discussion about the dominance of big tech and often suggestions that we enshrine big tech as permanent fixtures into our life by designating them as necessary utilities that we pump into every home like running water, yet we rarely if ever hear any discussion of cracking down on ads, which are actually the primary source of power for big tech and also the source of all the things we hate most about them (tracking, behavior and demographic analysis, data collection, advertiser driven content agendas that result in bans etc). I wish this were more of a concern to the public.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cwkoss</author><text>I think society needs to have a reckoning around advertisement and decide what kinds of ads are moral and societally good.  There are lots of categories I&amp;#x27;d love to ban if king:&lt;p&gt;- All advertisements to children&lt;p&gt;- Advertisements for prescription drugs&lt;p&gt;- Advertisements that intend to evoke emotional responses rather than inform:&lt;p&gt;--- Many ads are designed to make the viewer feel inferior so they want to buy the product to remedy the negative emotions the ads caused&lt;p&gt;--- Many ads seek to irrationally associate a brand with a positive feeling, which overrides consumers ability to make rational purchasing decisions&lt;p&gt;--- Many ads seek vague &amp;#x27;brand awareness&amp;#x27; without any informational content&lt;p&gt;I think there is a narrow case around informative advertisements &amp;quot;Hey this product or service exists, it might be something you want&amp;quot; that can be societally useful, but the vast majority of video and print ads are not doing that.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook will start putting ads in Oculus Quest apps</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/16/22535511/facebook-ads-oculus-quest-vr-apps</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>root_axis</author><text>Why isn&amp;#x27;t there a bigger push to regulate the pernicious injection of ads into every aspect of society? There is regularly discussion about the dominance of big tech and often suggestions that we enshrine big tech as permanent fixtures into our life by designating them as necessary utilities that we pump into every home like running water, yet we rarely if ever hear any discussion of cracking down on ads, which are actually the primary source of power for big tech and also the source of all the things we hate most about them (tracking, behavior and demographic analysis, data collection, advertiser driven content agendas that result in bans etc). I wish this were more of a concern to the public.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>avalys</author><text>Because the purpose of regulation is not simply “stop people from doing things I don’t like.”&lt;p&gt;Why is it that the default response of so many adults today is to demand that an authority figure impose their own will on someone else?</text></comment>