[jbverschoor]

The "Product" is part of the "Marketing Mix". But these days, marketing means spamming ads, social media and seo.

Marketing in essence is market making. Producer, Consumer. Product, Customer.

[b112]

You missed the other horror of modern marketing. Using the thing sold to you, that you paid for, to trap you in endless marketing hell.

I don't mean using it, eg to visit a social media site or whatever. I mean, the device spamming you with ads and "helpful hints' about more products to buy.

Like Google and Android not shutting up about Gemini, nagging you to try it. Or dark patterns to trick you into subscribing to a service.

[rahoulb]

I should refine my original comment: good marketing is about meeting the right people with the right message at the right time.

That kind of persistent nagging is the wrong time, with the wrong message at the wrong people.