Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ...
by ulrikrasmussen on Saturday July 01, 2023 @03:35AM
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I call BS on that. People don't magically stop consuming just because they don't get ads shoved in their faces all the time. I block ads everywhere and haven't really seen an ad in years, but I still sometimes buy useless shit I don't need. It turns out search engines and price directories do a pretty good job of finding useless shit when you actively seek it out. As long as there is a demand for things, people will find it and buy it.
I would speculate that if all ads disappeared right now, you would be without a job in mere days. Simply put economies work these days because people buy endless amounts of shit they don't need. The parts of our economies that provide necessities are minority factors today, as where you creep back over 150 years and 'needs' were the vast majority of work in an economy.
I'm definitely not saying we're in a good state currently, but breaking our current state without a state replacement plan isn't going to put us in a better position.