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Consumerism ahhhhh moment
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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DreadPirateShawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is the key.
Ads don’t care if you like or don’t like them, as long as you remember them.
The worst thing an ad can be is be forgettable
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
I don’t know how having me associate their name with a spike of rage is a good thing. There are definitely companies I went from being neutral towards to never considering them again due to their advertising methods. For example I’ve never eaten at Quiznos because of those fucking rat commercials they did like 20 years ago.
howsetheraven@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Every single ad these days go into a memory black hole. They are so irritating, so invasive, so EVERYWHERE; that I instinctively dissociate from anything in them.
They won’t get my conscious or subconscious attention. All of my large purchases are researched a minimum 2 weeks in advance and anything small is done on a case by case basis (of which I intentionally scrutinize anything I might have “heard of” because I’m aware of the phenomenon. Fuck all ads, they are my enemy.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Disagree.
I may be in the minority but the more I know about you, the less I ever want you in my house.
I will literally go by an LG Washing Machine out of spite because Sony showed up too much in ads.
foggy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If your product can’t enter my world without you paying millions of dollars to interrupt my good time, I am positive I do not need to know about your product.
Iconoclast@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Ads work. Consumer behavior is among the most studied phenomenoms in the world.
Tja@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It’s almost like there’s a multi billion industry based on it!
einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Its over 1.3 Trillion per year by now, thats more than the Military budget of the usa. You could buy about 80 aircraft carriers with that. Every year.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They used to.
Why do you see diminishing returns lately? Because more money into more ads lead to consumer fatigue.
bigFab@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
emb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I also sometimes consciously dislike things because of annoying ads.
But it doesn’t matter. The overall result is that now you’re aware of that brand, you have a place for it in memory. After time passes it will be The One I’ve Heard Of unless you’re dedicated to remembering to avoid it. There’s something called the Mere Exposure Effect - it mostly works and they know it. :(
harmbugler@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
“You are without a doubt the worst product I’ve ever heard of.”
“But you have heard of me.”
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
called the Mere Exposure Effect - it mostly works
…is what the 90% market leader says, who profits from it the most.
moody@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
If it didn’t work they wouldm’t profit from it.
Advertising exists for a reason, and that’s becsuse it’s very effective.
ji59@hilariouschaos.com 2 weeks ago
There are some exceptions, for example I still hate a company for their yt ads I saw before I figured out how to block them on phone. It has been like 6 years, the company was sold and name was changed, but I still remember to hate it and avoid it. Also, good products don’t need advertisement, so if I can remember I saw an ad for something, I’d prefer other brand.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
good products don’t need advertisement
Oh yeah? Name the best, highest quality product you’ve never heard of.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Especially those sponsor segment that have nothing to do with me because i’m not from the west.
gressen@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Try SponsorBlock.
X@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Actual magic. Never see the sponsors, or other such annoyances. Cannot recommend it enough.
kplaceholder@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Too many people here are saying that ads don’t work.
Whether they work or not doesn’t matter. The problem is that ads are literally designed and optimized to manipulate you out of your money, and to cause you to make decisions on emotion rather than reason. This is unethical at its core. How most people are ambivalent towards companies manipulating us is beyond me.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Yeah it kinda blows my mind with politics. Time and again more money means more ads and results in more wins. I mean its not 100% but its enough that if someone wins while spending less and is not the incumbent its a news item. We have an open senate seat here and the front runner with the war chest is the one I least want to win. I really don’t get it as I find most ads turn me off to their subject. I mean even negative ads about the opponent turn ya off to the one its for. But obviously it seems to work overall. I hate it.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Does anybody actually PLAY raid shadow legends, or is it just an ad for nothing? I don’t think I’ve ever seen the actual game play or heard anyone ever mention playing it.
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Streamers play it purely to advertise
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Gaming has become such bullshit in this regard.
I mean it’s so rare nowadays to come across a game where you can tell: this is made by someone who genuinely wanted to make this game for the sake of making/playing it.
It’s always just another micro transaction storefront with graphics.
And adds aren’t any different, contrived bullshit.
Strider@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
*mainstream gaming.
There’s still a world out there not bothered by this. I’m a big spender but AAA gaming lost me a while ago. On all systems I’ve got more games to play than I could ever have the time for.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Good games are the ones without this problem; usually indie games are the good ones because greedy executives are not involved in them.
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
made by someone who genuinely wanted to make this game for the sake of making/playing it.
There is nothing wrong with developers wanting to get paid for their labor.
You want , and deserve, to be paid for your labor. We don’t have to designate all “passion” industries to poverty.
Just stay away from AAA, AAAA gaming and you get solid deals made by people trying to make an honest living. It’s not that hard.
nonentity@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Advertising is one of the most prolific environmental pollutants of economic activity, and needs to become as socially acceptable as smoking.
Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Id argue its worse than smoking. Its closer to successfully lobbying the government to force doctors to recommended smoking for newborns.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
I guess you aren’t european then
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Ablock + sponsorblock
spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is the way, I am amazed how many people just rawdog the internet on a daily basis.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“This has got to be the worst advertisement I’ve ever heard.”
“Ah but you have heard it.”
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I got real into Zero Punctuation about a decade ago, so I’d watch a load of 5 minute youtube videos back to back.
It would serve me the same goddamn ad for a Mission Impossible movie between every one. The ad had this hateful nasally music that went “ready or not, here I come.”
I have not paid for a movie ticket, a streaming service, or a new DVD or Blu-Ray since then. Brain surgery with a backhoe, cut your pineal gland off at the waist. Fuck your entire sector of industry, Tom Cruise.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Fuck your entire sector of industry, Tom Cruise.
You mean conning people to join the cult or his hobby of mediocre acting?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yes.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
“But you heard of the product!”
vortexsurfer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The same with podcasts, especially geolocated ads or what they’re called. Here in Norway I always get the same fucking ads on every damn podcast, and they are horrible, like getting raped in the ears. At least I learn which companies to avoid…
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
So much this!
Since I use NewPipe and SmartTube, I don’t get YouTube ads, but I do get ads during podcasts and the geolocated ones are by far the worst!
I have learned to hate Designer Outlet Neumünster, Shopify, and Danish paid podcast company Podimo with a passion usually reserved for fascist politicians!
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I bet i have heard the same add, even living in Finland. I live close enough to border so i get good mix of Finish, Swedish and Norwegian adds. And every single one of those are way louder than the podcast is.
Avicenna@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Someone should write an article about how interrupting ads actualy negatively affect consumer choices and then popularize it. I am ok even if its just made of shady stats, many will adapt the idea blindly anyways.
Tja@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Someone should. I’m sure it has never been tried.
Surely companies will ignore decades of psychological studies and own marketing experience for a random article full of made up numbers.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
It works for AI …
Avicenna@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
People are more willing to jump on popularized band wagons than you would think.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Y’all are watching ads? If I see an ad, my immediate reaction is to close the tab.
CatLitterArchitect@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
‘Well how do you expect us the make billions in profit every year?’ - google probably
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ve held this attitude ever since those Mentos commercials used to interrupt my Much Music in the 90s. These type-A marketing types rarely realized they’re just advertising to themselves.
arcine@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Where do you even see ads ? Use an ad blocker ! Haven’t seen ads online for over a decade.
jasoman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am against State Farm for this exact reason.
Clasm@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
If the insurance firm has a lot of money to throw at constant adds, then odds are good that they aren’t paying out premiums for their customers.
jasoman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Indeed
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
you just gave them a free ad
jasoman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No skin off my back lol.
desiccated_event@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
If a person comes to my door and rings the bell after reading my sign that says, “don’t ring unless emergency”…I enjoy giving them my full vocabulary of curses. People are stupid. A person is smart.
Snowman_sir@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Some sites I’ll whitelist, but the vast majority can suck it. I’m blocking it.
gigachad@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
But you know the product and that is what is important for advertisers. Also it’s important what happens subconsciously, not so much your first reaction to it.
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Personally when I need something and have seen an ad for a profit that fits the need, I’ll buy it. If I’ve seen the ad so much that it’s seared into my brain, I search for the product and buy the ripoff version of it (when possible), or I DIY it.
Waldelfe@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
There was a very annoying radio ad for a musli brand when I was a child. I decided then that I would never buy their product ever. I’m 40 now and can proudly say that I still go out of my way to not buy any products from that company and to the best of my knowledge I’ve never eaten their products.
I get that the idea is to create recognition, but if it’s too annoying you won’t get a “Ah, I’ve heard that name I’ll go for this one” from me but a “Oh, that’s the annoying one, I’ll avoid it.”
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
*Sad Willi Pfannenschwarz noises*
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
…the bigger the reason to use an adblocker.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Consumer sentiment is not a factor in the advertising business equation
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Except I used to work in distribution for Sears/Best Buy online delivery and I can assure you I noticed what people bought and the ads that were frequent. The more obtrusive ads saw less sales.
michael@piefed.chrisco.me 2 weeks ago
Check out !peertube@lemmy.world most videos dont have ads.
I remember when cable had very little ads. Its sttange that we pay so much for cable/internet/premium but companies chasing that dollar keep throwing ads in there.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
It’s fun that more than a century into a consumer based economy people still think: “ads don’t work on me!”.
Yeah dude, they do. Only way they don’t is if you manage to avoid them altogether.
s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There are many ads on YouTube that are obvious scams. So I just assume that anything being advertised on YT is a scam.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Sorry but wrong. You are not going to win this kind of battle against advertisers. If you notice the intrusion and hate the product, you weren’t in the market for their product in the first place. They don’t care that you hate their company. When you are in the market for the product, you won’t notice the intrusion or it won’t matter if you do; the ad is still increasing your exposure to their product in the ways that increase your chances of buying.
Limonene@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I agree with this. Ads contaminate your mind, so make sure to use ad blockers. But also help your friends set up ad blockers, because if their minds are contaminated, it will spread to you.
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t know. Bad word of mouth can severely harm a product I think. So they should really care if there are millions of people who absolutely despise them.
By the way, completely unrelated, don’t use Wix if you’re making a website. It’s awful. Also, I heard it was mentioned in the Epstein Files. Could be untrue but just to be safe don’t use Wix if you don’t want you and your website to be linked to Jefferey Epstein. Wix, the child predator’s choice. Allegedly.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I actually am planning on making a website soon. I’ll have to keep Wix in mind.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Also later in time one is making a choice for a kind of product one doesn’t usually buy, one might have forgotten their dislike for a brand due to their excessive use of advertising and yet their subconscious is still giving them a feeling of familiarity when they see that brand’s name on a product which makes it more likely that they’ll chose it over other options that don’t feel as familiar.
Most advertising nowadays is meant to affect subconscious impulses which will do their thing with no cognitive effort, whilst the position the OP holds (and which I myself try to) is conscious and requires cognitive effort to maintain.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I’ve bought competitors out of spite.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Would you pay a higher price to do so?
Would you (or could you even afford to) pay twice the insurance premiums because Liberty or State Farm ads annoy you?
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ve already won by not buying their shit.