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I have a cynical take on the prevalence of marketing in our society. This may not apply to Brave specifically, but while we're on the topic of marketing: I won
by Buttons840 4y ago
I have a cynical take on the prevalence of marketing in our society. This may not apply to Brave specifically, but while we're on the topic of marketing:
I wonder if growing wealthy inequality means that consumers simply don't have enough wealth to make honest exchanges worth while. The powers-that-be look for ways to "grow" and consider making an honest product and simply selling it, but the common people don't have enough wealth to give in exchange for an honest product, so instead they put their money into advertising and other "growth" efforts.
Brave may be an example of this, what if consumers simply don't have enough wealth to finance the development of an honest consumer focused browser? In that case you would expect to see companies like Brave, even if their intentions are good, turning to less honest sources of income.
Consumer focused software seems to be on the decline, and for the first time I'm wondering if this is due to large scale economic reasons.
- ElvisTrout 4y agoMarketing is very profitable. Sadly word of mouth is a painfully slow way to sell even a good product.
- Buttons840 4y agoMarketing isn't the only example. Marketing does have an important purpose to play, as you say. Take for example Diablo Immortal. Blizzard and Diablo have tons of fans. People want an old school Diablo, a game that puts the player first, a game they can buy for a flat fee and then have and enjoy for decades like they have the others in the series. But Blizzard doesn't care, consumers can't pay enough to make it worth their while, so instead they'll deliver a thin veil over gambling and exploitation and call it Diablo Immortal.