The Advertising Pyramid Scheme

The advertising economy is starting to resemble a collection of interconnected multi-level marketing schemes. Some kind of intermediary firm sits atop each pyramid brokering the serving of ads to eyeballs.…

Advertising Demon, And Other Stories

People like getting services at no direct cost, advertisers like selling to those people. While most want services at no cost to them, they don’t like being tracked. Modern ad…

Advertising Scams With MrBeast and Cory Doctorow

Nearly everyone who’s incorporated a business in the United States has been mailed an advertisement attempting to collect some form of fee in exchange for an official-sounding non-service. Going back…

Advertising Scams With MrBeast and Cory Doctorow

Nearly everyone who’s incorporated a business in the United States has been mailed an advertisement attempting to collect some form of fee in exchange for an official-sounding non-service. Going back…