> I would want to be informed if/when somebody made a cheap razor that actually works for me.

Arguably, the whole reason the big name companies get away with 5-blade nonsense is marketing. Meanwhile, on Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/wicked_edge

(I'm speaking as someone who has switched to a double-edge razor and couldn't be happier)

As is discussed elsewhere in this thread, the whole concept of specialist sub-reddits makes it easy for enthusiasts to share information on their own. Mods with an iron fist, combined with comments and upvotes can be quite a decent makeshift version of democratic peer review among hobbyists. Of course, this has lots of issues of its own, but the point is that it subverts (the in my opinion ethically icky) aspects of marketing - the only thing you can really do against that is either genuinely make a good product, or be evil and subvert a community from the inside somehow.

I tried that, they aren't nearly good enough to remove my stubble and they take quite a long time to use.

For now I do electric and then finish up with a Gilette battery powered something.

The best solution really varies from person to person - how hard/soft you hair and skin is and such. There's also a somewhat different technique to it, but I'm if you've tried a DE razor you've looked that up.

In my case, I guess I'm pretty lucky - the morning shower is enough to soften the hairs and stubble, and if I shave immediately after leaving the shower it only takes only a few minutes.

But that only goes to show how ridiculously expensive and wasteful a 5-blade cassette would be in my situation.

Advertisers want you to think of their work as information. It'd be more accurate to describe it as unsolicited information using gross exaggerations to build up a product and appealing to emotions not reason.

I too care about cheap razors, vacuum robots or newer smartphones. But I find it intrusive when a program I'm watching is interrupted with a fast paced 30 seconds clip of sexy naked people telling me to go buy their new product right now.

If I want information, a subscription model to some sort of info periodical is almost always available. But this is much closer to what we consider "journalism" than "advertisement". (I realize the limit between the 2 is sometimes difficult to define).

" You do likely need life insurance." why on earth would i need life insurance?

Because you might want to leave some money behind for your family if you happen to die too soon.

Regardless, advertisers won't "inform" you about the best life insurance for you, they'll lie to make you stop thinking and trick you into buying their life insurance, which most likely will be subpar. Good products tend to advertise themselves.

Because you likely would leave some family behind that depended on your income.

I, ironically enough, don't have a need for life insurance as I have nobody who depends on me.