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submitted 4 months ago by als to c/subvertising

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.

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[-] Godort@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I just want to go back to the children's age bracket. Tell me about cool new toys and less about life insurance

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subvertising (noun)

The use of parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make an ironic statement.

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