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>If nobody advertised, every solution would be equally discoverable via search and word-of-mouth.

No it wouldn't. If someone opens up a new restaurant a block away there's not going to be much word of mouth when it just opened, and even if they make a website, web search will prioritise the websites of existing restaurants because their domains have been around longer and have more inbound links.

>>logicc+(OP)
well, web search is one thing that would look very different

>>logicc+(OP)
IDK what your community is like but if a new restaurant opened a block away from me then:

1. Every one would see it, because they have eyes and leave the house.

2. Every one would be talking about it.

>>milesr+mJ
it is 2025, no one just leaves the house. my wife leaves the house once per week for an hour to go to cosco :)