Putting aside question of "free" sites revenue, blockers and other similar questions. How could anyone call Ads "effective"? I have never seen an Ad that I woul

Putting aside question of "free" sites revenue, blockers and other similar questions. How could anyone call Ads "effective"? I have never seen an Ad that I would consider useful or even honest. Massive carpet bombing advertising has instead a negative effect for me. If I'm buying stuff that is heavily marketed, for example toothpaste, where everything has Ads, and I see one brand that is not advertised and it is more or less similar to others - I'm buying it.