For
It uses design, storytelling, and creativity.
Against
It is created for selling, not for meaning.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“it is used to invoke emotions.”
“Advertising and marketing work is art in the service of business.”
“We lie to ourselves that we are making art, not ads; we manufacture demand for things people may not need.”
“Marketing and advertising are not art; they are creativity for the sake of selling things.”