Comment on YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave

• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ads are a way to fill people’s heads with brand names until nothing remains except for those brands and only those brands feel safe and familiar until it becomes a conditioned reflex to choose those products. And it works.

  The Holy Market forbids people would actually choose products based on their own experience and price.

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  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I actively avoid brands with annoying ads.

    When unsubscribing from pretty much any service there’s usually little text box asking why. Whether or not it’s the real reason for leaving, I love citing obnoxious ads as the thing that pushed me out, especially for high-dollar moves like banking or insurance.

    I know it’ll never accomplish anything, but it feels good. ^_^

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  • TigrisMorte@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    brand recognition is desirable only if positive.

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• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Most ads are about brand recognition and not so much about trying to sell a specific product. Even if you think an ad is stupid, if you still can remember the brand then the ad worked.

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  • lookorex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That generally just makes me remember not to use that product or service because the ad was so annoyingly stupid

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  • TigrisMorte@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, it didn't as brand recognition is desirable only if positive.

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