Ads, per se, are harmful and dangerous, individually and collectively.
There's an ample literature, in media studies and elsewheere, to this effect.
Mentioned in TFA:
Among other things, the online advertising business model has incentivized clickbait—and worse—at enormous scale. Facebook Inc. and YouTube LLC figure out how to make people spend more time on their sites to maximize ad inventory. This has abetted the spread of fake news, violent children’s content, and Logan Paul.
There's an ample literature, in media studies and elsewheere, to this effect.
Mentioned in TFA:
Among other things, the online advertising business model has incentivized clickbait—and worse—at enormous scale. Facebook Inc. and YouTube LLC figure out how to make people spend more time on their sites to maximize ad inventory. This has abetted the spread of fake news, violent children’s content, and Logan Paul.