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Discussion on: Are we Developers helping Google to build an unstoppable monopoly?

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Dalmo Mendonça

It's also easy to predict dystopias that never came to life and keep saying "but one day it will!"...

Can you provide a concrete case where a person was manipulated by an ad into doing something she didn't want?

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sanidz

It happens all of the time, take any highly comercialised product, drink or food. Purpouse of adds is increasing sales and that is fine. I was refering to so customised adds that will fit your psihological profile that you will not resist.

Something like nestle does with enhanced flavours without people actualy knowing it:
linkedin.com/pulse/synomyx-aborted...

Back to the topic, rise awareness, make alternatives.