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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by logicchains on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:29PM (#43595546)
>If nobody advertised, every solution would be equally discoverable via search and word-of-mouth.

No it wouldn't. If someone opens up a new restaurant a block away there's not going to be much word of mouth when it just opened, and even if they make a website, web search will prioritise the websites of existing restaurants because their domains have been around longer and have more inbound links.

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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by drilbo on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:52PM (#43595829)
well, web search is one thing that would look very different
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by milesrout on Saturday April 05, 2025 @09:56PM (#43598358)
IDK what your community is like but if a new restaurant opened a block away from me then:

1. Every one would see it, because they have eyes and leave the house.

2. Every one would be talking about it.

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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by bdangubic on Saturday April 05, 2025 @10:18PM (#43598437)
it is 2025, no one just leaves the house. my wife leaves the house once per week for an hour to go to cosco :)
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