Already happening.
The stupid advertising term for that is Native Advertising. John Oliver has a nice bit on it ... let me see ... ah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_F5GxCwizc
It's nothing new. Print and TV have had it for ages, and we just learned to tune it out, turned the page, threw it in the bin.
But as we block the blatant in-your-face ads then we push adverts into more subtle forms, and there's a nasty result :-
http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/articl...y-time/1335446
Advertising still exists because it works. It makes people spend money on things they weren't intending to before. Companies will keep seeking that influence, resulting in fake reviews on Amazon, fake social/blog posts etc. If anyone can come up with an alternative that doesn't suck and doesn't ruin the economy, you'll be a very rich person. PM me your ideas and I'll go 50/50 with you ...
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