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0 pointswheaties10y ago0 comments

Advertising is a necessary part of selling a product. Selling a product is a necessary part of being profitable. Why hate on that? Way better than waste-my-time Farmville or an enhanced "like" button. Adtech actually helps commerce.

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macavity2310y ago

Many products succeed with zero advertising.

ojr10y ago

Facebook stock value is doing well and it is because many products are using it to advertise

shostack10y ago

And they are by far the exception and not the rule.

Too many fall into the "Field of Dreams" fallacy thinking that if you build it, they will come. Most of the time it doesn't work like that.

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