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If what you describe were economic reality, ads wouldn’t be a thing. The reality is that ads allow a vendor to reach significantly more customers, paying for th
by riversflow 3y ago
If what you describe were economic reality, ads wouldn’t be a thing. The reality is that ads allow a vendor to reach significantly more customers, paying for the ads.
You can see this with the rise of ultra specialty online stores we’ve seen in the last decade thank to targeted advertising.
- amelius 3y agoI don't see the logical connection between my comment and yours. Yes, ads make people buy more stuff. Is that a good thing? My comment doesn't say anything about that. But anyway, my guess is no, because it leads to overconsumption, and exhaustion of natural resources. Also: > 96% of US users opted out of IDFA sharing Meaning that users really do not want to be tracked.
- riversflow 3y agoI was replying to this. > will just make products more expensive, since now you also pay for the adtech that's involved That’s not generally how the economics of advertising works. If it were, advertising wouldn’t be very successful/important. People don’t like the idea of being tracked, but my experience is that they like the results.. Especially all the extreme specialty niche products that simply wouldn’t exist without targeted ads.
- amelius 3y agoThat's a huge assumption on your end, that people like the results of ads more than they do not want to be tracked.