The idea feels like sci-fi because you’re so used to it, imagining ads gone feels like asking to outlaw gravity. But humanity had been free of current forms of advertising for 99.9% of its existence. Word-of-mouth and community networks worked just fine. First-party websites and online communities would now improve on that.
The traditional argument pro-advertising—that it provides consumers with necessary information—hasn’t been valid for decades.
Well, then broadcasters might be beholden to the whims of the government. Certain content might be promoted, and other content suppressed.
Because that absolutely doesn’t happen now, it just removes the corporate middle man