Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
by galangalalgol on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:29PM
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People who pay for consumer research type services. "I want a general-purpose systems programming language with a C-like syntax that compiles to native code. It should be statically typed and supports both automatic (garbage collected) and manual memory management." One micro payment later I have a list of links and reviews. In this case the research is the product instead of me.
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
by WalterBright on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:36PM
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I've known several people who developed quite a nice product, but felt that promotion and marketing were unethical. They failed to move a single copy, and wound up bitter and disillusioned.
> One micro payment later I have a list of links and reviews
You won't get on those lists nor will you get any reviews without marketing and promotion.
Then your company would be beholden to the Yelp's of the world. Pay up or have your listing removed.
Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
by WalterBright on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:39PM
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Nobody is even going to know to put you on their list, unless you do marketing and promotion.
As long as a search engine can find your product, so can they. That's their job. Whether they would be able to review every candidate is another matter.
Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal?
by WalterBright on Saturday April 05, 2025 @07:39PM
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Nobody looks past the first two or three pages in the search results. That's why SEO is a large industry.