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>what’s the alternative to ads then? How do you find new stuff that you might need? How did it we accomplish it for the earlier 99.99% of human history?
by flangola7 3y ago
>what’s the alternative to ads then? How do you find new stuff that you might need?
How did it we accomplish it for the earlier 99.99% of human history?
- pixl97 3y ago[flagged]
- ulrikrasmussen 3y agoI call BS on that. People don't magically stop consuming just because they don't get ads shoved in their faces all the time. I block ads everywhere and haven't really seen an ad in years, but I still sometimes buy useless shit I don't need. It turns out search engines and price directories do a pretty good job of finding useless shit when you actively seek it out. As long as there is a demand for things, people will find it and buy it.
- vikramkr 3y agoThe earlier 99 percent of human history was pretty garbage. Ads are pretty garbage too but I really don't get why people keep doing this thing where they're like "well how did we manage in the past?" In the past we just died of war and disease and stuff. The past is awful.
- bee_rider 3y agoThe past was awful for lots of reasons of course, but one was that we just weren’t very productive. We’re pretty productive nowadays. We could at least try a system where there’s enough stuff, but we find it naturally or by carefully weighing the pros and cons.
- pixl97 3y ago>but we find it naturally or by carefully weighing the pros and cons. This system doesn't make sense... the incentives for producers don't line up with reality. Producers are incentivized to find ways to break your rules and advertise as if they do it alone, they will profit massively.
- p_j_w 3y ago>The earlier 99 percent of human history was pretty garbage. I don't think ads are what changed this.
- vikramkr 3y agoI'm not saying ads are good. I'm saying the comparison to the past is stupid and it doesn't help the case against ads.