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> still assert that they were aware of the ad and not allowing it to influence their decisions. The claim you're responding to is not that they won't allow it
by bscphil 5y ago
> still assert that they were aware of the ad and not allowing it to influence their decisions.
The claim you're responding to is not that they won't allow it to influence their decisions, but that they will actively refuse to even consider a product if they learned about it through an ad.
Most of the ads I encounter are through podcasts because I don't watch TV and ad blockers of various kinds apply everywhere else. I will never use or recommend Squarespace for any purpose, simply on principle.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoWhich principle?
- bscphil 5y agoSimilar to endisneigh I take as many steps as I possibly can to avoid letting advertising influence me. I block ads wherever possible, and anything that slips through goes on a shit-list of companies that I will avoid buying from unless I have no other choice.
- davidivadavid 5y agoSo if you see an ad about something, you never recommend it. Sounds like you let advertising influence you quite a bit.
- bscphil 5y agoSure, if you're going to insist on an overly literal reading of my words.
- BuyMyBitcoins 5y agoAdvertising is mental pollution. Reacting against it isn’t the same thing as being influenced to consume what they’re hocking.
- CRConrad 5y agoWhere can I buy some of your Bitcoins, please?
- z3t4 5y agoMaybe its reverse psychology by competitors
- beervirus 5y agoNot rewarding the awful ad-tech ecosystem is a good principle.
- Sebb767 5y agoI don't think you can say this in general. I really, really dislike ads, but they _do_ sponsor a lot of content creators which could otherwise not focus on their content creation and they help companies to get their product known to you - which does not need to be a negative. If they sell you a product which genuinely improves your life, it's a win-win-win for you, the producer and the person advertising. The current ecosystem is overly focused on manipulation and there are simply to many ads, yes, but I have found really good products via ads and I don't think companies should be generally demonized just for playing the game. It's not all bad.
- throwaway2048 5y agoThe mafia was also famous for its community outreach and charity, that didn't make it a net positive.
- Sebb767 5y agoYes, but the key difference is that the mafia is, by definition, a criminal organization and the upside is not linked in any way with being a mafia. Ads, on the other hand, do inherently have the positive quality of showing you products and could exist without their current downsides.
- beervirus 5y agoRegardless of their current downsides (which are indeed considerable!), ads by definition are there to make me want to buy things I wouldn’t otherwise want to buy. That’s not exactly noble, even if we pretend that they’re just showing me stuff I wasn’t aware of.
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