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Re:AMA: Ivan Kutskir, creator of Photopea by ClumsyPilot on Sunday April 11, 2021 @07:48AM (#26769617)
Did consumers need those products? Would they have bought the same thing but from a different company? If not, would they iblnstead put this money into savings for a rainy day? Would they save for a house? Wouod we have less homeless and vulnerable people?

Would the clever people working on ads and manipulating consumers actually pursue careers like chemical enginerting which solves fundamental problems of human civilisation?

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Re:AMA: Ivan Kutskir, creator of Photopea by sokoloff on Sunday April 11, 2021 @08:52AM (#26769996)
If everyone saved money in a world where ads didn’t exist, do you think housing wouldn’t be bid up by virtue of many people having extra money to spend?

I hate what web ads have become, but I’m pretty sure they’re not a significant driver of homelessness.

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Re:AMA: Ivan Kutskir, creator of Photopea by ClumsyPilot on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:00PM (#26772156)
Sure, i am not claiming without ads we will not have homeless people

I am asking whether we have any proof that the advertising i dustry contributes anything substantial to the real economy, or we would be better off if these people were doing something else

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