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Advertising itself isn't a bad thing.
This is one of those bizarre Lemmy echo chamber things. I've never seen this sentiment that advertising is evil and should be stopped at all costs anywhere else but on Lemmy it's super common. Idk where it comes from. I get that advertising kind of sucks but it just seems like a weird thing to get so passionate about especially considering how many other things are wrong with the world. Sorry you're getting downvoted to hell, you're not crazy, Lemmy is.
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No, it's.. it's pretty bad.
I know one example of advertising that I liked: the creators of Penny Arcade had only advertisements for computer games that they liked. And they made those ads in the same art style as their own comic.
Advertisements are good when they're an honest endorsement. Any others are inherently deceptive and often invasive.
Some level of advertising is a necessary evil when you're in a capitalist system because otherwise people have no way to get their products out ti the market. There's a balance to be struck.
Hell even in other systems advertising is still important for finding out about cool new things even if money no longer exists
Word of mouth is the most powerful type of advertisement that no one is against.
If money doesn't exist how do you pay for the ads?
They can put up signs inside their business windows. That's plenty. Everything is a blight.
It's not 1950 anymore.