[zepto]

The problem will get worse if you ban advertising. The money that went to advertising will just shift to “influencers”, which is even less authentic.

[ouid]

What are you talking about? Influencers are advertising, and are likewise banned.

[zepto]

How would you ban influencers? They are just content creators. Anyone can sponsor their work.

I can sponsor an open source project whose work I like. Likewise I can (and have) sponsored musicians.

Why couldn’t a corporation sponsor someone who for example makes youtube videos about fashion, or a tech blogger for that matter?

[ouid]

I don't think I would need to work very hard to show that this was paid endorsement.