> The argument that advertisements provide us with information that we would not have otherwise also appears unsubstantiated. This may have been true before the

> The argument that advertisements provide us with information that we would not have otherwise also appears unsubstantiated. This may have been true before the internet, but we no longer need advertisements to stay informed. A quick and easy internet search can provide us with all the information we might require about a particular product. Uhh... what? All google search results have always been ads. Even when it's not paid search results, the network effect that causes a page to rank high is the result of marketing.