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> Today, consumers can get more product information by reading “add to cart” pages on Amazon, or online product reviews on any number of platforms, than they ca
by awinter-py 7y ago
> Today, consumers can get more product information by
reading “add to cart” pages on Amazon, or online product reviews on any number of platforms, than they can get from viewing advertisements
Not sure review sites are neutral information either, but
cool scotus history.
In 2020 ad-supported platforms are the channels through which the product information is made available to consumers; that's not a but-for argument (something else would spring up in their absence), but the separation between ads & product info isn't as total as the article wants to make it.
Banning ads wouldn't make the information environment any less hostile.
- Super_Jambo 7y agoIf you banned ads in such a way as to stop the economically powerful funding disinformation it would. How do you fund the google replacement if you're not allowed to sell adverts? You'd have to charge people who want to use the search engine. How do you fund your magazine or news site? You'd have to charge the viewer. In a world where you have to actually _pay the cost_ for all this stuff everyone would be much more discriminating on what they bought.