alt Hacker News99% percent of times „I‘m trying the vital X“ is said it‘s an influencer getting paid to advertise X. Most of the times without saying it’s an ad. And this language accesses the most important good in today’s world: people’s attention.
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jryle70 • today at 5:28 AM
That's why any attempt to ban advertising would only make it go more underground and harder to detect. No matter how strict the rules, people will find a way. Advertising is vital to competing businesses.
It's a bit^W a lot insane that advertising is now so prevalent that even individual people are doing it. It really is an "Attention Economy".
I remember walking down a street in Istanbul, there were many restaurateurs saying "My friend, look at menu" (I joked after the trip "How was Istanbul? I met many of my friends there!"). Now I want to see "influencers" touting their products in the style of these restaurant touts.