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About advertising in general: we know it is sort of a prisoner's dilemma. If only nobody did advertising... Only trustworthy and non-promoting information abou
by _nalply 7y ago
About advertising in general: we know it is sort of a prisoner's dilemma.
If only nobody did advertising... Only trustworthy and non-promoting information about products findable by search (pull instead of push)... It would also be a lot cheaper for the companies.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIt's true. And the one good solution to prisoner's dilemma is to have an external actor that precommits to punish defectors. In real-life scenarios, this external actor is very often the government. That's why I believe that advertising industry ultimately needs to be burned down to the ground through legal means. It'll be better off for everyone - including companies, who will be able to spend much less on the little informative advertising that would be allowed.
- icebraining 7y agoBut what about the apps for plumbers? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20134887 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20134887