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Re:Canadian government pulls all advertising, escalating sho... by dopidopHN on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:10PM (#36609607)
Smelling is not strong enough. People get enough from headlines. I would say “free sample” like those tiny bits or minuscule shots at Whole Food.
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Re:Canadian government pulls all advertising, escalating sho... by wvenable on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @10:23PM (#36610225)
I agree. The people giving away the samples, in this case the news media themselves, are enticing you to their articles with the headline, maybe a blurb, and maybe an image. If you take the sample and don't care for the rest, that's fine. Nobody should have to pay for that. The whole point is that it's advertising. If nobody wants the product then nobody wants the product.

Charging someone for the "free" samples is no solution.

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