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		satvikpendem 62 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI to begin testing ads on ChatGPT in the U.S. There is no social organization where ads and marketing would not exist, even if by force. Even mercantile economies had advertising.

robotpepi 62 days ago [–]

there have been social organizations where it doesn't have the prominent role it has now, this is a 20th century phenomenon.

satvikpendem 62 days ago | [–]

And I would not want to live in those societies where new products aren't made because they can't sell because no one knows about them.

robotpepi 62 days ago | | [–]

you keep changing the goalpost...

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