advertising
5 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 27, 2016 by Jessica Lessin · across every show →
Everything said about advertising, oldest first
May 27, 2016 positive
Subscriptions Are the Only Media Model Aligned Purely With Readers
“And I think if you're in a world where you're dependent on advertising, you're going to serve multiple masters. You're going to serve the traffic master, the advertising master. You know, if you're dependent on events, you're going to serve the sponsorship mas…”
Jun 5, 2024 bullish
Srinivas: Advertising will be Perplexity's primary revenue engine if executed well
“I would predict it'll be advertising. If we crack it, yes, it'll be advertising. If we don't crack it, if we are not, if we don't, if we haven't grown to that level in user basin, or if we grew and didn't figure out how to advertise really well, I think it'll …”
Nov 18, 2024 negative
De Botton: Advertising tricks consumers by linking genuine needs to unneeded products
“And that's what advertising does brilliantly. It shows us one thing that we really need, and it ties it up with something that we might desire, but probably don't need at all. And therefore sets us on the wrong track”
Mar 14, 2026 bullish
Jun 15, 2026 negative
Advertising in conversational search inherently corrupts user trust
“And so the chat interface doesn't capture that user intent, that user behavior right now, which is why it was never a great fit for advertising. And it also fundamentally corrupts the trust that people have when they go into a product and they want the accurat…”