[werds]

this is a bit silly

[AlexandrB]

Maybe, maybe not. The mental effects of products optimized for delivering advertising don't seem to be great for people or society (see: Meta's products, Twitter, TikTok).

[whimsicalism]

Cigarettes cause cancer. Some people (not me) actually get value from ads and AFAIK they don't cause cancer.

[themitigating]

Do you have evidence as to the negative mental effects and how bad they are?

[npteljes]

Not at all. Being bombarded with every not-yet-banned psychological trick ever invented is unethical: harms privacy, makes public spaces ugly, increases waste, and when not promoting actively harmful stuff, promote stuff in harmful ways.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_advertising