>As an aside: I would not want to live in an advertising-free world, if only because advertising pays for so much of the shit I would otherwise have to pay for

>As an aside: I would not want to live in an advertising-free world, if only because advertising pays for so much of the shit I would otherwise have to pay for myself. You still pay. Advertisers pass the cost of advertising on to the customer. Yes, you pay for being emotionally manipulated.