If reviewers would indeed be more trustworthy, I don’t see why they couldn’t take over the function of letting interested people know about new products etc. that you say would go away.
The discussion on the FB version of the post convinced me this part isn’t right. Yes, if you assume perfect enforcement then the reviewers become trustworthy, but in practice reviewing would be so lucrative and there would be so many ways to disguise compensation that reviews would probably be even more captured.
If reviewers would indeed be more trustworthy, I don’t see why they couldn’t take over the function of letting interested people know about new products etc. that you say would go away.
The discussion on the FB version of the post convinced me this part isn’t right. Yes, if you assume perfect enforcement then the reviewers become trustworthy, but in practice reviewing would be so lucrative and there would be so many ways to disguise compensation that reviews would probably be even more captured.