Post #3498101
2026-06-30 20:45 UTC
I will never understand how advertisements pay for things… Like who’s out there thinking “hell yeah, I really want to support this shit that’s interrupting everything I try to do every few minutes!” The stuff that people do buy that are advertised to them I always assumed were things they’d buy anyway like junk food and snacks.
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@ruby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-30 23:29
because sadly, manipulation works. these companies spend millions on research on how to most effectively force this brain poison onto as many people as possible, they’d not be doing this if they didn’t see returns.
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@cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2026-07-01 20:03
It’s a statistically measurable psychological win. You see it more, more aware If you only saw ads for GM trucks, you may go to a dealer that has all types but you know more and feel more comfortable with GM so you are more likely to get that instead There’s no such thing as bad press.