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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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[–] IcedCoffeeBitch@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago
  1. How do businesses today that rely on ad revenue (web search, podcasts, etc) continue to exist and pay salaries and other expenses? A. These would all require a move to direct payment models. Either a usage fee or a subscription fee.

On their own it would probably not work for everyone, but groups of paid services might work. Although I'm not sure how I would feel if everything started having a paywall...

Also I like both ideas. Would likely make consuming stuff more informative than persuasive.