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Ads didn't use to affect me, I use adblock and I rarely watch TV. But lately it seems they find all kind of new ways to send you ads, and I start to remember ad

by dendory 15y ago

Ads didn't use to affect me, I use adblock and I rarely watch TV. But lately it seems they find all kind of new ways to send you ads, and I start to remember ads more. My personal policy has always been the same, if I need something, and there's more than one choice, if I recall ever seeing an ad about one company I'll always, always go for the other one. It seems like a natural thing to do, and I bet I'm not alone in that. The other day I went to buy a lamp and the store had tons of one particular brand that advertises all the time. Of course I went right by those and bought another name I had never heard about, and it turned out to work just fine, and cost less. So I guess that's why companies that advertise always puzzled me. I mean what's the point? Everyone gets annoyed at watching ads, so why would you want your brand name to be associated with annoying? I guess I just don't get it.

nitrogen 15y ago
I, like you, actively repel the effects of advertising (though I have no doubt that some of it still influences me to an extent). However, if advertising really didn't work, then all products in supermarkets would come in colorless boxes, you'd walk to a touchscreen kiosk and specify your caloric and nutritive needs, preferred foods, organic/vegetarian/vegan/etc. requirements, and the kiosk would produce a list of items that met those requirements, along with prices and an objective evaluation of product quality. How I wish that were the case! Meal planning and product discovery would be easy. Instead, I eat basically the same things over and over, since as a bootstrapping entrepreneur, I can't afford to throw away much food in the name of exploration. If we could get rid of the patent system that killed Modista (http://k9ventures.com/blog/2011/04/27/modista/ http://k9ventures.com/blog/2011/04/27/modista/), and replace advertising with information, I think my life would be a lot more awesome.

by dendory 15y ago

nitrogen 15y ago

I, like you, actively repel the effects of advertising (though I have no doubt that some of it still influences me to an extent). However, if advertising really didn't work, then all products in supermarkets would come in colorless boxes, you'd walk to a touchscreen kiosk and specify your caloric and nutritive needs, preferred foods, organic/vegetarian/vegan/etc. requirements, and the kiosk would produce a list of items that met those requirements, along with prices and an objective evaluation of product quality. How I wish that were the case! Meal planning and product discovery would be easy. Instead, I eat basically the same things over and over, since as a bootstrapping entrepreneur, I can't afford to throw away much food in the name of exploration. If we could get rid of the patent system that killed Modista (http://k9ventures.com/blog/2011/04/27/modista/ http://k9ventures.com/blog/2011/04/27/modista/), and replace advertising with information, I think my life would be a lot more awesome.