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From violations of privacy, to the mainpulation or even maliciousness at its core, I think marketing at it's current state is poison to society. But I also think it might be a necessary evil. What would be a good alternative implementation of advertising look like? Or do we even need it? If the former, how would advertising look in a non-capitalist society?

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[–] jared@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I considered it a nessisary evil for a long time, then I released most purchases are unnecessary.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

And that when you do need something, you go looking for it, searching the web, asking around, doing research, comparing options... Advertising just tries to make you skip all that, and not make a considered purchase.

[–] IcedCoffeeBitch@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Now that you say it, I don't think advertising has made an impact for what I want to buy in a long while(other than when announcing an unknown brand or when I already am looking for that product, and even then I don't think I have bought anything solely based on that).