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Advertising plays an important role in the sale of digital goods and the physical sale of goods through digital means. It's the only way you can really drive traffic to unknown markets.
Without advertising You're going to be relying on YouTube videos or Google Play store or Apple store to get any sales. Any free online services would probably be a thing of the past. Small businesses would have trouble competing with larger entities can already put products in your face.
It's not impossible to remove digital advertising and replace it with something else but I'm pretty sure the something else would be worse than what we have already
Targeted advertising, which requires collecting personal information without people's knowledge, is what makes online advertising the absolute worst kind of advertising. That could be addressed on a way that could allow other less malicious forms to exist.
Opie did not say targeted advertising OP said get rid of all advertising I was responding to that
Yes, OP said all advertising. You mentioned the main problems with ditching all advertising. I added to the conversation with a poasible middle ground that addressed the worst parts.