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Ads don't lower prices, they shift when you pay the price and potentially who pays the price. If they didn't then no one would pay for them as they wouldn't giv
by marcinzm 6y ago
Ads don't lower prices, they shift when you pay the price and potentially who pays the price. If they didn't then no one would pay for them as they wouldn't give a return on investment. You don't pay $1 for the app but instead you pay $100 for a brand name blender.
- an_opabinia 6y agoI’m confident that brand name blenders are the cheapest they have ever been, in the history of the world. There’s just no evidence that actually substantiates what you’re saying, and it’s exactly the sort of intellectual dishonesty I am talking about.
- marcinzm 6y agoThat's to separate things that clearly are driven by different reasons: * Do ads make products they appear cheaper? If so do they make other things more expensive. * Are products not paid for by ads cheaper due to automation, etc.? If so could they be even cheaper if not for ads? I would say munging them together is intellectual dishonesty.