• Nougat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    People who choose not to watch ads are far more likely to not spend money based on ads. I know that when I see the same crappy ads over and over, yeah, I remember the name of the product, and I remind myself every time never to buy it. I’m more likely to buy from that seller if I don’t see their ads.

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      1 year ago

      Everyone thinks ads only work on other people, that’s why ads haven’t been banned yet.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      I operate this way too. There must be literally dozens of us.

      In all seriousness, I do find it somewhat surprising that some of these companies think saturating everything with ads is a good idea. As a simple matter of brand recognition, I get that the power of suggestion is a helluva drug. But all that stuff does eventually glom together in my head as general advertising nonsense – as a result I see companies that advertise less / not at all and rely on a quality product and word of mouth as a better buy.

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        1 year ago

        They don’t just think it’s a good idea, marketers have convinced themselves they’re doing you a favor by pummeling you with advertisements day and night.

        How else could you learn about their valuable product if not for constant, unending advertisement?

    • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      I can list a ton of products I by principle will never use. Athelic greens, casper mattresses, simplisafe, express/nordVPN, Honey … Some people may see a pattern there.

      Ironically I might actually buy your product even if you spam annoying ads as long as you do it on a platform I block ads on.