As someone who worked in advertising in the past , I truly believe we should put a moratorium on it . So many unique small businesses lost out to cookiecutter corporations . and for what ? Sure , prices are lower , but advertising convinces people to buy way more than they need , so we end up spending just as much money for shittier products that are made overseas . So much creativity is wasted in the advertising industry people could be writers or artists or architects , instead of blowing their talent on fucking pointless animated explainer videos for MasterCard . Not to mention , ads take up space in all our brains , draining our energy and mental capacity . No doubt , the world would be much better off with much less advertising .