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It’s also a waste of productivity. If there isn’t high unemployment, then why is the standard of living decreasing? It’s because too many people are doing jobs that don’t provide any benefit to anyone. Think of all the work involved with gathering data, analyzing the data, all so you can see a targeted ad. That’s a lot of work that doesn’t actually benefit anyone.
My related hot take: If I’m going to be subjected to Ads, I’d actually prefer to see relevant Ads (generally demographically, geographically, etc. while retaining some anonymity) than ads for products and services I’m never going to care about.
Semi-related, on my language learning journey I’ve discovered that as I watch more things in the language I’m learning via YouTube, Netflix, and other ad supported streaming services I see more and more ads in the language I’m trying to learn. And surprisingly (even to myself) I genuinely enjoy these ads because the language is usually simple and without much idiomatic use, it’s all clearly enunciated, and it’s directly related to the action on screen. Of course, everyone else in my household is now also getting those kinds of ads and I can’t help but be amused.
Ads in real life spaces though? Unless it’s telling me about some specific local thing or place, it is just ugly clutter on the scenery and architecture.
I’m the opposite. I consider ads from a more sociological perspective. I’m interested to know what appeals to other demographics.
But since I do watch sports I get a lot of gambling ads. I think gambling is just a tax on people that don’t understand math, and the gambling industry are the biggest scumbags around. So those ads are wasted on me. But I’d rather they show them to me than someone that might be influenced by them. And damn are they insanely manipulative, they try really hard to normalize gambling addiction. Bored at a wedding? Take out your phone and do some gambling! Heard your microwave beep? Good time to do some gambling!
The low effort, saturation advertising we get, yes. Advertising can be interesting or inventive, but not the way it’s done now.
I’d quite to see a return how it was 100+ years ago; an image of the product with several paragraphs extolling the virtues. Though perhaps not on billboards by roads.
I generally agree that the world would be a better place without them but there are cases of genius advertisers. The KFC team on Twitter, for example, who followed only 11 other accounts, the 5 spice girls and 6 random dudes named herb.
Advertising destroys everything nice (communities, websites, roads, clothes, architecture, privacy, quality of life, etc.).
Coldest Take ever.
Advertising is literally a major reason our planet and our society is where it’s at as it induces unnecessary consumption and materialism.
It’s also a waste of productivity. If there isn’t high unemployment, then why is the standard of living decreasing? It’s because too many people are doing jobs that don’t provide any benefit to anyone. Think of all the work involved with gathering data, analyzing the data, all so you can see a targeted ad. That’s a lot of work that doesn’t actually benefit anyone.
If Thanos snapped his fingers and sent all of the marketing MBAs to “Planet Marketing”…nobody would fucking miss them. Nobody.
My related hot take: If I’m going to be subjected to Ads, I’d actually prefer to see relevant Ads (generally demographically, geographically, etc. while retaining some anonymity) than ads for products and services I’m never going to care about.
Semi-related, on my language learning journey I’ve discovered that as I watch more things in the language I’m learning via YouTube, Netflix, and other ad supported streaming services I see more and more ads in the language I’m trying to learn. And surprisingly (even to myself) I genuinely enjoy these ads because the language is usually simple and without much idiomatic use, it’s all clearly enunciated, and it’s directly related to the action on screen. Of course, everyone else in my household is now also getting those kinds of ads and I can’t help but be amused.
Ads in real life spaces though? Unless it’s telling me about some specific local thing or place, it is just ugly clutter on the scenery and architecture.
I’m the opposite. I consider ads from a more sociological perspective. I’m interested to know what appeals to other demographics.
But since I do watch sports I get a lot of gambling ads. I think gambling is just a tax on people that don’t understand math, and the gambling industry are the biggest scumbags around. So those ads are wasted on me. But I’d rather they show them to me than someone that might be influenced by them. And damn are they insanely manipulative, they try really hard to normalize gambling addiction. Bored at a wedding? Take out your phone and do some gambling! Heard your microwave beep? Good time to do some gambling!
The low effort, saturation advertising we get, yes. Advertising can be interesting or inventive, but not the way it’s done now.
I’d quite to see a return how it was 100+ years ago; an image of the product with several paragraphs extolling the virtues. Though perhaps not on billboards by roads.
I generally agree that the world would be a better place without them but there are cases of genius advertisers. The KFC team on Twitter, for example, who followed only 11 other accounts, the 5 spice girls and 6 random dudes named herb.