Reading a conversation about ads and how much we all dislike them, that we tolerate them until we can’t. How advertising is psychological warfare, etc.
Then I realized that Facebook/Meta in 2020 made $32.6 billion in profit, off ads.
2 years of Facebook profit would pay for the six next-generation nuclear plants that France is planning on building.
Let me rephrase that.
A couple years of one single COMPANY’s profit is enough to pay for one COUNTRY to stay energy-wise, independent. That’s incredible. Staggering.
Ads work way too well. Which is why they suck. Which is why they are still here. Because they work so well.