Does Hacker News advertise? The pizza place I love doesn't advertise. Not even Google or Facebook advertise, and look where they are. Ironically they are guilty

Does Hacker News advertise? The pizza place I love doesn't advertise. Not even Google or Facebook advertise, and look where they are. Ironically they are guilty of hurting consumers, democracy and the free market as I've explained: by relying on ads rather than getting their money from us honestly. Good products get found the natural way: customers tell other customers. Why? Because the product is good! Most advertising is manipulation of perceptions of goodness. Or about using dominant market position and revenue to maintain that dominance, drowning out better rivals who can't afford a similar ad budget (Advertising people are honest about this and call it a moat). Need to explain your product or its benefits? Put up a website. If the claims are true, customers will pass the link around. You only need to pay to get someone to insert your product in the grapevine if your product isn't good.