You forget that people used to get spammed with catalogs, and you could opt-out ...

kodt on April 5, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: What if we made advertising illegal?

You forget that people used to get spammed with catalogs, and you could opt-out of them with the postal service because it was such a problem. Receiving too many catalogs or magazines is absolutely a negative form of advertising, even though it is less of an issue today.