This is what I've been saying since forever: Who the fuck ever buys anything just because of an ad?? That they didn't ALREADY know about or were going to buy

This is what I've been saying since forever: Who the fuck ever buys anything just because of an ad?? That they didn't ALREADY know about or were going to buy anyway? The ads industry is a racket. At best it's a case of the emperor with no clothes: every one believes it works because everyone says that it works. At worst, it's a thin veil for obnoxious privacy-raping constant global surveillance.