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Then don't converse with me. Simple solutions are available given that this is an entirely you problem.
Entire books have been written on how advertisement models create biases in favor of the advertisers. If you don't understand why that's relevant what else can I say. Also, nobody is arguing for any dark money here. That's just a straw man you made. The argument is that the whole premise is flawed.
It's a useful tool for reinforcing mainstream western views and promoting these biases. People use it to shut down discussion and to smear sources outside western mainstream. This is problematic in the extreme.
And that's why it's highly problematic in a context of the media published by US adversaries. It should not be difficult to understand why, but here we are.
Given that people keep trotting it out to promote their political biases, seems that the tool is outright harmful.
This is just appeal to authority.