• Don_alForno@feddit.org
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    18 hours ago

    How is showing me ads for things I will make a point not to buy because I implicitly hate the products of people showing me ads more profitable than the twenty fucking bucks a month I already give them?

    Imagine if all that misallocated marketing budget got used to develop better products instead.

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
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      16 hours ago

      And imagine if products that couldn’t get by on their own merits without ads wouldn’t exist at all. How much more productive and happy our society would be if we got rid of useless products and the negative feelings ads induce when we don’t have those useless products at the same time.

    • Aux@feddit.uk
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      15 hours ago

      Just imagine that your personal anecdote is not representative of human behaviour. The biggest lie and a myth is “I will pay more not to see ads”. No, you won’t.