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iririririr • today at 5:50 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

100% of ads exist to create demand. at all points in history. ever.

you're basically suggesting the complete elimination of the entire advertising industry.


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dbtndm • today at 7:42 AM

it is often wrong nowadays to say that ads are for marketing purposes. most of adtech is created solely to track your activities and aggregate them into your shady "marketing profile". then the rest of adtech is created to rinse and wash money, not to attract customers at all.

ulrikrasmussen • today at 6:11 AM

Yes, because it shouldn't be an industry maximizing profits at the expense of basically engaging in large-scale manipulation and misinformation. Advertising can still exist, but it should be by the terms of those the ads are targeted for, and not the terms of the ad-tech companies that profit on just showing more ads.

floren • today at 5:56 AM

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MentalM • today at 6:57 AM

Not only that, he suggesting that it will magically works out, without any devastating consequences. You know, we just need to write a low that is going against the common sense, human nature, and the will of the gods, and that is how we will get a better society.

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