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by Marsymars 329 days ago
> To what end? Companies spend $X on marketing to make $X + $Y.

I expect that in many cases this is only true because the advertising market is competitive - you can’t advertise less, or you’ll lose market share to your competitors. But if everyone is prohibited from advertising cars, is the total market for cars really going to shrink? And if it does, is that actually a net negative for society?