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Are you seriously saying that we need modern "push" marketing because doctors can't be trusted to google a cure for smallpox? I agree that sometimes it's true
by webnrrd2k 4y ago
Are you seriously saying that we need modern "push" marketing because doctors can't be trusted to google a cure for smallpox?
I agree that sometimes it's true that people need marketing to discover solutions, but, in the vast majority of cases I've encountered, marketing is self-serving, manipulative crap. For a concrete example, see cigarette advertising, corporations funding climate change denial, or most political advertising.
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- cuteboy19 4y agoNot only that but it implies that specifically targeted forms of advertising (ie aanti privacy) are the ideal. Certainly an interesting perspective
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoThey probably work for Google, because they did seriously say that and it is seriously ridiculous. How does that adage go? > It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It