We can also ask the alternative question which is never asked: - what other mechanisms can server the same utility as advertising for businesses? - what other

We can also ask the alternative question which is never asked: - what other mechanisms can server the same utility as advertising for businesses? - what other mechanisms can support viable business models. What is strange about advertising is that it enjoys a bizzare outsized role in determining social norms that is never questioned. Sure, businesses need to advertise their services and goods but at the cost of even destroying privacy? I find it strange.