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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by krustyburger on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @07:56PM (#20035628)
Where would you draw the line? How would producers expect for consumers to find their product?

Would consumers be allowed to recommend products to each other?

What about design and product packaging? Isn't that essentially a form of advertising?

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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by plankers on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @08:04PM (#20035675)
>Where would you draw the line?

At paying platforms to advertise your product.

>How would producers expect for consumers to find their product?

How about typing "insert product here" into a search engine?

>Would consumers be allowed to recommend products to each other?

Yes, as long as there is nothing of value changing hands.

>What about design and product packaging?

Fine, as long it ends at the store shelf/online product-listing.

Take my suggestions with a grain of salt, because they come from a person who ranks advertising as one of the top three problems facing humanity.

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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by Mirioron on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @12:21AM (#20036832)
>How about typing "insert product here" into a search engine?

But new products don't show up in search engines.

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