You think all businesses should just spread awareness by word of mouth? Can you put a sign on your store or is that an ad? What if you don't have a store? Yes, advertising can be really awful but that doesn't meaning all advertising is "cancer." If you have a good business that creates actual value for people, advertising it can actually be seen as a good thing.
It is clear we are talking about modern digital ads. Ads in magazines aren't as bad, but manipulating public opinion to sell the ads were/are. That's what Google/FB do at an absurd large scale right now.
You think all businesses should just spread awareness by word of mouth? Can you put a sign on your store or is that an ad? What if you don't have a store? Yes, advertising can be really awful but that doesn't meaning all advertising is "cancer." If you have a good business that creates actual value for people, advertising it can actually be seen as a good thing.
It is clear we are talking about modern digital ads. Ads in magazines aren't as bad, but manipulating public opinion to sell the ads were/are. That's what Google/FB do at an absurd large scale right now.