Technology

Apparently not, as ads keep selling.

I hate to sound so cynical, but many folks are gullible. They’ll trust a flashy ad because it looks nice to them, and gives them a positive emotional response, and then internalize that judgement as their own decision (so when someone comes to challenge it, they take it personally).

It’s not just old people living in another time, either. I’ve watched teenagers and young adults trust obviously-sponsored influencers like they’re friends. Or wear brands as status symbols.

Except we are not customers, and it's the customers that are important. I's like cows asking between themselves when will the butcher realize that they do not like being killed for meat.

Butcher knows, but butcher doesn't sell comfort to cows, he sells meat to customers.

Ads aren't always there to get you to buy something specific. In fact, an ad you don't interact with is a better ad because they don't have to pay for click-through.

You don't want to buy brand A because they have ads, so you buy brand B instead, but both widgets are owned by the same holding company. Or they're made in the same factory. Or they use the same components. Or they have the same shareholders. Any way you slice it, the same rich assholes are getting your money.

The goal of the Ads is to put a bug in your head and get you to buy something.

And that's just the Ads. The tracking is also (increasingly primarily) about political manipulation and surveillance.

When will marketing people figure out our generation views ads as hostile, non-consensual, and unwanted?

Who knows. I was at the beach this past weekend and there were two different planes flying ad banners in front of me.

What the fuck. That's two different local businesses that I have noted I will actively avoid.

Can't even unplug and face a clear sky without getting ads shoved in your fucking face.

Because it works and makes them money, and people end up buying the products.

What they really need is an option to leave ads or remove them. The ones that want ads gone aren't buying your product, and the ones that like ads like to see new products. Just give us options. The options are usually to pay for the service and get no ads, or get the service for free and you get ads.

Where people get mad is when you have to pay for an ad supported plan.

All this doesn't really work in the real world anyways, because YouTube offers both an ad free plan, and a free supported plan, and yet everyone still complains about having to pay for ad free. So the war continues.

Btw i pay for YouTube premium, and every ad free streaming service because i support the ad free plans and hope they continue to exist.

Pretty sure all generations feel the same way.

It doesn't matter how we view them as long as they work.

They're too busy milking the boomers for now (and even then, the smart ones also despise ads already)

What generation?