Catalogs are also forms of advertising, but your larger point on push vs pull is correct. Something being shoved in your face is invasive and abusive while havi

Catalogs are also forms of advertising, but your larger point on push vs pull is correct. Something being shoved in your face is invasive and abusive while having something accessible should you decide to request or seek it out is the ideal. I've gone to some lengths to remove as many ads from my life as I can and discoverability is a real problem. There are times when I only hear about something I'm very interested in long after others have and there's likely things I'd buy, but I don't even know it exists as an option. Even with that problem, it's still worth it to me to shut out as much of that manipulation and noise as I can.