It feels like advertising should be regulated by the government... Just like smoking, alcohol, drugs and gambling. It has gone too far. I can relate to every point in this article on a personal level. People don't think for themselves anymore - All we do is follow and give praise - And social media decides for us who is deserving of that praise!
All non-Facebook jobs would allow you to say the same thing.
If you truly find it morally reprehensible, please let me encourage you to pay attention to your inner compass. There are many, many other places for a software engineer to work.
Anti-smoking regulation has been extremely successful in places like Australia. Very few young adults smoke there - Especially when compared to Europe.
Regulation is extremely effective if done correctly and full-heartedly. The problem isn't regulation - It's that the government doesn't actually want to fix certain issues and so it implements half-ass "regulation" just to satisfy the public on a superficial level - This is certainly the case with the gambling industry which the government actually depends on for tax dollars and funding political campaigns.
That's the point I'm trying to make; the government should start caring about its people and implement serious regulation to protect them.
