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Would that be worse than people actively trying to influence us, often in a dishonest way? I’m not against companies having their own web sites to “sell” their
by chrisbennet 8y ago
Would that be worse than people actively trying to influence us, often in a dishonest way?
I’m not against companies having their own web sites to “sell” their product, just don’t put your ads in front of me to convince me I need something. If I need it, I’ll go look for it.
- speedplane 8y agoWhat are you saying here exactly? It seems pretty obvious that buying products by random chance is worse than by competition or an "arms race" in the market. It's precisely a well functioning market that allows the best to rise to the top.
- AstralStorm 8y agoBy best you mean richest with best marketing. Not actually best as in most useful.
- chrisbennet 8y agoI’ll grant you that a well functioning market is a good thing. In the absence of ads that create desire, I would use various magazine reviews (Consumer Reports, etc), articles and forums to make buying decisions when I needed to buy something.