> I don't have a great opinion of marketing in general and therefore I'm often unconvinced with arguments like "marketing is about fulfilling a customer's needs" or "adding efficiency to the market".
I mean, on some level, everything is marketing. People don't like marketing when it's fraudulent and morally suspect, which of course makes sense - I don't like tech when it's morally suspect, either!
But literally everything you know about, every product you use on any kind of basis, every service you use, every creator you follow, is something you know about because of some marketing, directly or indirectly.
And I'm certainly happy about a lot of new products/services/etc that I use, and think my life is richer for it.
> something you know about because of some marketing, directly or indirectly.
That’s a broad and vague truth. Parent critics direct marketing.
Also as exceptions makes the rules: the best item I ever bought was a second hand bike on the local Craigslist. Super cheap (repair included) and commuted +10000km with it. The « marketing » was the descriptive pictures and honest description, I guess.
Making something available to purchase is all I want from marketers, but then the other 99% of marketers want to make money too so it's just a game of who can lie most convincingly
I mean, on some level, everything is marketing. People don't like marketing when it's fraudulent and morally suspect, which of course makes sense - I don't like tech when it's morally suspect, either!
But literally everything you know about, every product you use on any kind of basis, every service you use, every creator you follow, is something you know about because of some marketing, directly or indirectly.
And I'm certainly happy about a lot of new products/services/etc that I use, and think my life is richer for it.