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I don't really understand why people don't seem to want tailored ads. All ads interupt attention, better that they have a chance if being useful.

luplex 6y ago
In today's world, ads are no longer about telling me about solutions to my problems, but they are about creating new needs. I'm fine with my current needs and I don't want smart people pulling my psychological levers to spend money on things I don't already want. As ads get more and more effective, people will be incentivized to put up more and more ads. But there are already way too many ads for my liking.
- kaonwarb 6y ago
  Spot on - and I don't think this is new. Go back to newspaper ads in the 19th century and many (perhaps most) can be categorized as trying to create new needs. We're just better at it than we used to be.
- harshitaneja 6y ago
  I am quite happy with buying things I didn't need. I work to buy luxury(and I say this as a nomad who lives out of a single luggage with 6 t-shirts). Most of what we buy today were not available a couple of centuries ago and yet quite a large population would swear that they are "needs". There are too many ads but it is possible to avoid a great percentage of them if inclined. My interaction with ads is pretty minimal and when presented often enjoyable. Using uBlock Origin I don't see ads on most sites. Youtube premium means no ads there as well. Spotify premium, so no ads for music. Video streaming services like netflix don't have ads. My only ad interaction left is reddit(which offers premium) and podcasts or youtube video in-content ads where they are narrated by the creators whose content I am happy to support and in some cases I find the way they switch to ads quite funny.
osmarks 6y ago
I don't really want to be manipulated into buying things I would not otherwise want/need.
skinkestek 6y ago
I gave it a chance. The tailor failed utterly and the "bespoke" version was worse than the old version. Add to this that they want to keep records on me and it just isn't worth it.
leafboi 6y ago
It's because it violates privacy. For example if someone has a huge secret hobby of collecting dildos and suddenly on some unrelated site they see an ad for a huge dildo.. that will cause a bit of an alarm. That's the extreme case, more than likely people are a bit unnerved when an unrelated site shows them something they looked up on amazon an hour ago. Even so I suspect a lot of these complainers just have hidden internet hobbies they just want completely private.

luplex 6y ago

In today's world, ads are no longer about telling me about solutions to my problems, but they are about creating new needs. I'm fine with my current needs and I don't want smart people pulling my psychological levers to spend money on things I don't already want. As ads get more and more effective, people will be incentivized to put up more and more ads. But there are already way too many ads for my liking.

kaonwarb 6y ago
Spot on - and I don't think this is new. Go back to newspaper ads in the 19th century and many (perhaps most) can be categorized as trying to create new needs. We're just better at it than we used to be.
harshitaneja 6y ago
I am quite happy with buying things I didn't need. I work to buy luxury(and I say this as a nomad who lives out of a single luggage with 6 t-shirts). Most of what we buy today were not available a couple of centuries ago and yet quite a large population would swear that they are "needs". There are too many ads but it is possible to avoid a great percentage of them if inclined. My interaction with ads is pretty minimal and when presented often enjoyable. Using uBlock Origin I don't see ads on most sites. Youtube premium means no ads there as well. Spotify premium, so no ads for music. Video streaming services like netflix don't have ads. My only ad interaction left is reddit(which offers premium) and podcasts or youtube video in-content ads where they are narrated by the creators whose content I am happy to support and in some cases I find the way they switch to ads quite funny.

osmarks 6y ago

I don't really want to be manipulated into buying things I would not otherwise want/need.

skinkestek 6y ago

I gave it a chance. The tailor failed utterly and the "bespoke" version was worse than the old version. Add to this that they want to keep records on me and it just isn't worth it.

leafboi 6y ago

It's because it violates privacy. For example if someone has a huge secret hobby of collecting dildos and suddenly on some unrelated site they see an ad for a huge dildo.. that will cause a bit of an alarm. That's the extreme case, more than likely people are a bit unnerved when an unrelated site shows them something they looked up on amazon an hour ago. Even so I suspect a lot of these complainers just have hidden internet hobbies they just want completely private.