No this is not how it works. Without the advertising, many products would never be discovered at all by the buyer. The opportunity cost of not doing advertisi

No this is not how it works. Without the advertising, many products would never be discovered at all by the buyer. The opportunity cost of not doing advertising is much higher for seller than just the dollars spent. Do you really believe people just make products and they magically get purchased? Products are not utilities and your water utility example is so ridiculous I hope you are joking and trolling us all.