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Taking a dump is also experience, should we want advertisers to optimize that as well? I don't think the optimization is the issue, it's who's doing the optimi

Taking a dump is also experience, should we want advertisers to optimize that as well? I don't think the optimization is the issue, it's who's doing the optimization and why/what purpose

bko 5y ago
It's not "advertisers". It's the actual product brands. I agree the freezer thing sounds awful and hopefully is just a failed experiment. But products and layout are optimized by the brand. Just take a look at the packaging. Pretty standard comparable size, dimensions that fit in the place they're meant to be stored, meaningful information up front, clear well printed packaging, a million other things. I don't think you're giving enough credit to how incredibly convenient and curated a trip to a modern grocery store in an economically developed country is. The goal is to sell you more stuff obviously but 95% of the time my interests are aligned with the brand. I don't want to waste time figuring stuff out. They just make it easy for me.
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  Advertisers work for brands, they're humans who make ads to sell us shit we didn't ask for. Personally I don't care which brand they work for, I want them all to stop. Whether its a blatant ad for a product or a product itself being turned into an ad, its all obnoxious and wasteful
  - grapescheesee 5y ago
    Yeah, and its worse than that. Since the brands are managed by brokers who setup sales, the facing/amount displayed on the shelf, the location on the shelf and the store, and so on.
Groxx 5y ago
Ya know, I might approve of putting ads on toilet paper. Then I can wipe my ass on their brand and flush it down the drain like it deserves. It'd be cathartic.
Rebelgecko 5y ago
I've seen urinals that play video ads, but not toilets. Seems like a great opportunity to increase your reach with the female demographic
- ok_dad 5y ago
  Yes, and imagine having the “experience” of 15 minutes of commercials with your poop session! It’s a goldmine for advertisers! /s I hate advertising and actively disrespect people who work in the ad industry. It’s virtually all just disinformation and behavioral modification tricks. The cigarettes for our brains in the 21st century.
- dotancohen 5y ago
  Toilets have been tried. Generally you can't pee high enough to desecrate the eye-level advertisements at a urinal. Toilet advertisements are much more easily desecrated.
  - netizen-936824 5y ago
    Wow, it almost sounds like people don't like advertising
dzhiurgis 5y ago
Most people have their phones with them during and most don’t use ad blocker. Heck thing like insta or tiktok don’t even have adblock…
- mardifoufs 5y ago
  If you are on android, there are modded apks for both that completely remove ads without breaking the layout ;)

Taking a dump is also experience, should we want advertisers to optimize that as well? I don't think the optimization is the issue, it's who's doing the optimization and why/what purpose

bko 5y ago

It's not "advertisers". It's the actual product brands. I agree the freezer thing sounds awful and hopefully is just a failed experiment. But products and layout are optimized by the brand. Just take a look at the packaging. Pretty standard comparable size, dimensions that fit in the place they're meant to be stored, meaningful information up front, clear well printed packaging, a million other things. I don't think you're giving enough credit to how incredibly convenient and curated a trip to a modern grocery store in an economically developed country is. The goal is to sell you more stuff obviously but 95% of the time my interests are aligned with the brand. I don't want to waste time figuring stuff out. They just make it easy for me.

netizen-936824 5y ago
Advertisers work for brands, they're humans who make ads to sell us shit we didn't ask for. Personally I don't care which brand they work for, I want them all to stop. Whether its a blatant ad for a product or a product itself being turned into an ad, its all obnoxious and wasteful
- grapescheesee 5y ago
  Yeah, and its worse than that. Since the brands are managed by brokers who setup sales, the facing/amount displayed on the shelf, the location on the shelf and the store, and so on.

Groxx 5y ago

Ya know, I might approve of putting ads on toilet paper. Then I can wipe my ass on their brand and flush it down the drain like it deserves. It'd be cathartic.

Rebelgecko 5y ago

I've seen urinals that play video ads, but not toilets. Seems like a great opportunity to increase your reach with the female demographic

ok_dad 5y ago
Yes, and imagine having the “experience” of 15 minutes of commercials with your poop session! It’s a goldmine for advertisers! /s I hate advertising and actively disrespect people who work in the ad industry. It’s virtually all just disinformation and behavioral modification tricks. The cigarettes for our brains in the 21st century.
dotancohen 5y ago
Toilets have been tried. Generally you can't pee high enough to desecrate the eye-level advertisements at a urinal. Toilet advertisements are much more easily desecrated.
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  Wow, it almost sounds like people don't like advertising

dzhiurgis 5y ago

Most people have their phones with them during and most don’t use ad blocker. Heck thing like insta or tiktok don’t even have adblock…

mardifoufs 5y ago
If you are on android, there are modded apks for both that completely remove ads without breaking the layout ;)