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Advertising creates needless ignorance, by giving the impression that well-advertised products are quality products.

GoDaddy and NordVPN, for examples, are garbage products with highly effective advertising. Seeing ads for these products actively harms people, because it prevents them from finding better products like Gandi or PIA.




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