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I think you're conflating "infinite growth" with "unsustainable." Advertising can be a sustainable business model. Radio, television, billboards, etc. sustain
by jwithington 4y ago
I think you're conflating "infinite growth" with "unsustainable."
Advertising can be a sustainable business model. Radio, television, billboards, etc. sustain themselves through advertising. We can quibble about their growth rates, but if advertising were unsustainable, then these industries wouldn't exist in their current form.
I think you're actually rejecting the idea that a company can sustain infinite growth through advertising. I think that's a little different from being wholly "unsustainable."
- wspeirs 4y agoIt's interesting though that both radio and TV switched to pay models: cable/premium channels and Sirius/XM for radio. Billboards are providing anything to the user, they're just giant signs that say "go buy this"