All I see here is a long, unconvincing, hand-wavy response. There is nothing essential about online advertising. For small businesses, there is this thing call

All I see here is a long, unconvincing, hand-wavy response. There is nothing essential about online advertising. For small businesses, there is this thing called organic growth. Say you have a brand, then you can post actually valuable content on, say, Instagram (which would exist without ads, they have multiple ways they make money). This works for both services and products. I have seen many business grow from nothing to 'big' this way with no paid advertising. I'm not going to bother refuting your other claims, they are equally flawed.