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[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 hours ago
[-] RQG@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

On the train and bus to work mostly.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Ah, I see. I like what banksy had to say about those kinds of ads

[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

No we see what people use in videos that their "friends" sent them for free to keep.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

Not so fast. The idea that "if companies spend that much, they must have a reason" isn't any good either.

Some ads obviously work, some ads obviously don't work, and most of them aren't in either of those categories.

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I definitely bought a lot of things because of ads. Not directly though, I don't go around clicking on online ads even if one slips through the blocker.

Just being exposed to the idea that some product exists is an ad. Reviews and comparisons. Seeing a brand name in the wild. A product being recommended by someone I consider an authority in that specific field.
It all provenly works on me.

And I don't really regret it, how else would I even find out what exists? Go to the store and just buy whatever the seller recommends? Did people do that in the past before mass advertising?

Edit: I just realized this is exactly what Amazon is trying to do. Push generic "amazon option" products which have no independent sales outside of the platform.

[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

I've bought one, and exactly one thing from an ad that I have liked, ever. A Purple pillow. Its been years now, and I still use it.

Everything else is regret.

this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2024
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