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So no advertising at all?
by st1x7 6y ago
So no advertising at all?
- zootboy 6y agoThat sounds like a fantastic ideal to strive for, even if it's not realistic in all scenarios.
- st1x7 6y agoIt's not realistic in any scenario, that's just naive. Two main points to consider: 1. Most developed countries allow for some freedom of expression which rules out banning advertising outright. 2. Advertising is generally effective in the sense that it increases sales to some extent. So as soon as just one player in a market starts advertising (which can't be prevented), everyone else has to do it too just to keep up.
- rhn_mk1 6y agoAdvertising doesn't have to be manipulative. If advertising went missing overnight, we would have quickly noticed that it also serves another function: informative. I find it sad that advertising implies manipulation outright.
- WillPostForFood 6y agoNo cute company logos and no photos or adjectives in descriptions of products. Everything is manipulation at some level. Amazon would need to be a blank search page, and you’d have to tell it exactly what you want, and the only thing it could say back is “no” or “yes” and the price.
- st1x7 6y agoA world where rules like these can be enforced by law sounds more dystypian than a world with excessive advertising.
- mthoms 6y agoI can see how my comment could be interpreted to mean no advertising at all but that wasn't my intent. I was more thinking about how apps surreptitiously manipulate your engagement (frequency + duration) with them. On the point of advertising though, if advertising focused entirely on factual information around features and benefits, I'd consider that a win. Kind of like how it used to be before Edward Bernays and similar thinkers came along. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays