> Advertising is actually an optimal / scalable way for companies to reach you. I don't need companies to reach me - that's their problem. > I bet there are p

> Advertising is actually an optimal / scalable way for companies to reach you. I don't need companies to reach me - that's their problem. > I bet there are products that solves a lot of your current problems at a decent price. I bet not. The problems I care about are not solvable with products. Even if there were unknown products I might be willing to learn about, the problems they solve would necessarily be minor things relative to the primary concerns of my life, and I will very happily forego the opportunity to discover them in order to shut down the overwhelming firehose of inane, manipulative toutery.