[dwaltrip]

The way your post comes across, given the context: "It's impossible to learn about things in the world that one might pay money for without advertising"

Is this what you actually mean? Because that's an absurd statement. Unless you dilute the meaning of the word "advertising" such that it covers literally every human action. But then we aren't having a useful conversation anymore.

You're aware that a small number of years ago, in the scope of human civilization, most objects were not branded, billboards didn't exist, etc?