>>You should research products that interest you, rather than being manipulating into choosing something that you otherwise might not. I don't believe this is

>>You should research products that interest you, rather than being manipulating into choosing something that you otherwise might not. I don't believe this is feasible: 1. For all people 2. In all circumstances 3. For all products - especially new ones, or radically changed/improved ones. I may simply be unaware something exists. And reviewers need to find out about it somehow. And to the point, how will ANYbody find out about ANY product if we "ban advertising"? Believe it not, most people out there in the wide world are not fellow geeks who get bodily joy out of researching products that interest them :-)