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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by 888666 on Saturday April 05, 2025 @04:41PM (#43596669)
I agree. Many things we benefit from are free or significantly reduced in price due to the profitability of advertising. I would not want to live in a world where I'd have to find everything through word of mouth and not get to try free versions of services.
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by ninalanyon on Monday April 07, 2025 @04:21AM (#43609126)
> things we benefit from are free or significantly reduced in price due to the profitability of advertising.

Is this actually known to be true? And if so, to what degree and for which products, at which point does it tip into simple manipulation of the customer?

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