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Re:International coalition calls for action against surveill... by daptaq on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:42PM (#27622846)
Ads should be replaced by fact sheets, made to objectivly compare products. Instead of advertising agencies, you'd have organisations that compare the greatest number of products, as objectivly as possible.

Probably unrealizable, and riddeled with issues, but ideally preferable.

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Re:International coalition calls for action against surveill... by nonameiguess on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:00PM (#27624398)
This already exists. It's what Consumer Reports has been doing since the 1930s.
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Re:International coalition calls for action against surveill... by missedthecue on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:54PM (#27623615)
How do small ones get onto these "fact sheets"? How can a small company be sure that a behemoth company isn't paying off the "objective" fact sheet producer?
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Re:International coalition calls for action against surveill... by nonameiguess on Thursday June 24, 2021 @06:01PM (#27624407)
In the case of Consumer Reports, it's a nonprofit. All of its financial statements and sources of funding are a matter of public record.
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