Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion
by samatman on Friday August 26, 2022 @09:55AM
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> There is no such thing as honest advertising. The conflict of interest is inherent.
This is obviously untrue. Not only can a merchant engage in only honest advertising, there are those who do.
There's a conflict of interest every time a married man has a drink with an interested woman. That doesn't mean he cheats.
There is no such thing as honest advertising. The conflict of interest is inherent. The best information comes from third parties but even that gets corrupted by advertisers eventually.
> Think of advertising as a way of companies to say "Hey! here's something we're proud of -- please have a look.
When I want companies talking to me about products, I'll visit their website or I'll open their store app. In those cases it's not even advertising but information. I asked to see the products. Advertising is by definition an intrusion, uninvited.
Most of the time I don't want companies talking to me about offers. Their insistence is abuse.
That ideal of advertising you described is virtually non-existent. It's generally manipulation of the lowest sort concocted by sociopathic people.