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• TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The data is very clear… Ads work. They absolutely shouldn’t almost ever, but they do. With the cornucopia of analytics available, companies have long been able to see if their ads work, and if they didn’t, they would’ve stopped long ago. Hell even before the Internet they had ways to prove ads work.

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  • HogsTooth@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Then stop beating the “it’s all hopeless” drum. You’re certainly not going to change my mind.

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    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Uh I didn’t…

      Ads work. It’s a fact. Just because it’s a sad fact doesn’t mean I want you to be sad.

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• pyre@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  if you think it doesn’t work on you, it’s more likely to work on you. if it didn’t work the world would be a much better place, but unfortunately they definitely work.

  but i agree it’s stupid especially as a business model and it shouldn’t exist.

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  • HogsTooth@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You sound like an ad for advertising.

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    • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      yeah ads famously criticize the product and talk about how dangerous they are.

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      • HogsTooth@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You gargle their balls like you’re paid to do it

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