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The problem is not marketing. The problem is deceptive, invasive marketing. And unfortunately that the one I'm most exposed to : ads are invasive, green-washing
by wiz21c 5y ago
The problem is not marketing. The problem is deceptive, invasive marketing. And unfortunately that the one I'm most exposed to : ads are invasive, green-washing is deceptive, lying on car fuel consumption is deceptive, selling me a good at how much I value it instead of how much it's worth is deceptive, selling stuff "because people buy them" is morally strange, etc.
So of course you need to make sure your product is known. But there's a way to do that...
- FloatingUp 5y agoI would argue, that every kind of modern marketing basically boils down to 'evil' marketing. It is sadly the most successful kind of marketing, and thus corporations optimize for it.
- wiz21c 5y agoYeah, sure. But what I don't understand is why corporations do that. I mean, nowhere is it written that they must be evil. I can understand competition, the will to please the customer, etc. But why many big corps end up there, I don't get it. It's as if once a corp becomes big, the collection of its part loose its moral compass... Dunno... Any sociologist here ?
- creshal 5y ago> selling me a good at how much I value it …after spending a substantial amount of R&D into how to brainwash you into artificially inflating your value estimation. The deception is fractal, with makes it just so much harder to overcome.
- raxxorrax 5y agoI think the industry is in general in a race to the bottom for privacy. Sure, if a competitor gets information that you don't collect, he has an advantage. Others are forced to collect data as well. The only safeguard would be sensible policy. Problem is that politicians ask "big tech". Few of these companies have an interest of collecting less information. On the contrary, they would probably try to sell access to their data in the process. I don't think advertisers would care too much about not being allowed to collect certain info as long as they can be sure their competitors are subjected to the same rules.
- onion2k 5y agoThe problem is not marketing. The problem is deceptive, invasive marketing. As soon as a customer has made a choice between two suppliers, then any marketing for the other one will be considered invasive. By definition it isn't wanted because the customer chose not to use that supplier. Consequently any marketing will always be seen as invasive by some people, unless the market is a monopoly, and therefore all marketing is problematic (or "evil").
- sokoloff 5y agoWhat is something worth if not the collective judgments of how much it’s valued by the buyers and sellers?