[iamtheworstdev]

but ads exist to convince people to buy things. if people can't afford to buy things, why would you need ads?

[hattmall]

Products will become advertisements themselves. It could be cheaper and more effective to send everyone a box of Tesla Tasty-Electrons cereal than TV or Social media and slots.

Casinos provide free drinks, cartels offer free prostitutes, it's not unprecedented.

[robertlagrant]

> Casinos provide free drinks

Because people will spend money. The premise here is no-one has money, but somehow adverts exist.

[kajumix]

you may not need to buy a box of cereal or a vacuum cleaner, but maybe a flight to moon, or a humanoid companion? products move up a level

[pixl97]

And what labor are you going to be doing to afford those upleveled products?

[kajumix]

it's a good question. what would true abundance look like? I can't wait to find out

[pixl97]

>what would true abundance look like

If we don't solve greed first, it looks like one guy with a quadrillion dollars and everyone else starving/dead.

[entropicdrifter]

So they can buy things with their ad-watching money.

[mrweasel]

Maybe we pay people a small fee to watch ads?