All of the original product discovery avenues were bought and paid for by advertisers - magazines, news columns, tv ads. But in the past it was still useful. T

All of the original product discovery avenues were bought and paid for by advertisers - magazines, news columns, tv ads. But in the past it was still useful. These days it’s still paid for by advertisers but now you’ve got dropshippers, scammers, cheap ali-baba goods, and almost no verification of quality or authenticity. Is the problem exacerbated accepting advertising money? Can it be solved by only accepting consumer money? Consumer reports is one of those.