Well if the comapny advertising outright lies, that's a whole different issue. I'm just saying that there is a model for advertising where it's win win for both parties, and I think it's google's goal to achieve that.
A lot of advertising is inefficient but if you stop thinking about advertising in it's current form you can see how a more efficint system can serve a beneficial place in society.
Such an efficient model would show me very few ads indeed, as there is very little I need that I don't already have, and I resent being encouraged to spend wastefully.
That's propaganda, brainwashing, whatever you want to call it. But by my definition (the one I'm talking about; I didn't create it) it's not advertising, and I think Google is working to achieve my definition of advertising.
A lot of advertising is inefficient but if you stop thinking about advertising in it's current form you can see how a more efficint system can serve a beneficial place in society.