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At the end of the day, I can rest easy knowing that all of this is to shove products in my face that I still don’t want or have any use for. All of the analyti
by jbob2000 6y ago
At the end of the day, I can rest easy knowing that all of this is to shove products in my face that I still don’t want or have any use for.
All of the analytics of the internet, all of this data collection and machine learning - all to show my a picture of a $69 leather jacket. Or a Muse headband. Or a Peloton bike.
I’m not a consumer, these tricks don’t work on me.
- nkohari 6y ago> I’m not a consumer, these tricks don’t work on me. So you're typing this comment from your yurt using a borrowed computer or something?
- jbob2000 6y agoYes, every once in a while there is a product that does not need advertising or aggressive marketing, where it's value is immediately and plainly obvious to everyone watching. Buying one of these things does not enter you into the consumer-product-churn-rat-race.
- grugagag 6y agoI'm in the same boat, i'm not a consumer as they'd want us to be, I don't buy into any bullshit marketing, I never buy advertised stuff that passes my add blockers, I don't watch TV and when I unavoidably see billboards outside I make a mental note not to buy those products specifically because all the money spent on adverting will be paid by the customer in the end and Im not that sucker. I think advertising is toxic and obnoxious, but that's not everybody's opinion. I have some acquaintances who don't bother to avoid advertising and might as well find them fun even if they've seen them hundreds of times. I have no hope for these people, but they are are model consumers and somebody's plan is working accordingly
- rolph 6y agoi prefer my quonset hut, and my computer constructed from still functioning e-waste