The idea feels like sci-fi because you’re so used to it, imagining ads gone feels like asking to outlaw gravity. But humanity had been free of current forms of advertising for 99.9% of its existence. Word-of-mouth and community networks worked just fine. First-party websites and online communities would now improve on that.
The traditional argument pro-advertising—that it provides consumers with necessary information—hasn’t been valid for decades.
It would make promoting new art and events downright difficult.
What’s wrong with making a societal shift where people learn to go out and look for what they want? It’s not like you can’t have a website with a schedule of all the activities for your ________. And if people want to see or do ________ they can come find out when and where instead of the constant barrage of shit they aren’t interested in anyway.
There are better ways.
And you know about this website how exactly?
Seriously advertisements have been used for thousands of years because they solve a very real problem namely how do you get people interested in the extra stuff you have?
You realize searching the web can exist without ads or unfair pay structures … right??
Ok? How do you know about these websites if you only have word of mouth?
Unfair pay structures have nothing to do with this.