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.
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.