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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by pessimizer on Saturday April 05, 2025 @06:31PM (#43597347)
> Buyers who are interested in that type of product should be the ones seeking out the companies, not the other way around.

People are not born with a knowledge of all of the products on the market, and the current price ranges for them.

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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by nickburns on Saturday April 05, 2025 @07:20PM (#43597620)
And that's—a problem somehow shared by someone who doesn't want to be advertised to?
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by SideQuark on Saturday April 05, 2025 @08:20PM (#43597930)
One person's desire for ignorance should not force that on everyone.

Don't want an add supported service? Don't use it. Don't want ads on TV? Don't watch it. Don't want ads on others property? Let them control the look of your property.

Lots of people like ads because it's how they discover movies, restaurants, better financial help, better doctors, new hobbies, and a world they'd not have found otherwise.

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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by nickburns on Saturday April 05, 2025 @09:22PM (#43598198)
One person's 'desire' for what now?
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