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		tehjoker 66 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing politic... Commercial ads are also designed to manipulate you emotionally or otherwise present you with information that induces a desire to buy what you otherwise didn't need.

immibis 66 days ago [–]

At least the worst thing that comes out of that is losing money. With political ads, you lose a country.

tehjoker 65 days ago | [–]

Who funds the politicians? Hint: It's rich people that run companies that made money by advertising.

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