This is bad, given that advertisers end up corrupting every ad-supported media. Look at what newspapers, TV and radio became - thinly veiled puppets of the advertisers, willing to kill stories at their behest.

I was talking to a friend recently about those Tupperware parties (she did a different brand). I think maybe those were better for society than modern ads. People had to get out of their comfort zones and talk face to face. It was all so personal, compared to what we have now.

This influencer nonsense described here is gross and fake compared to that. What would a genuine, face-to-face advertising campaign look like nowadays?