If you don’t have money for either product then you are not their target demographic, and thus, you being inconvenienced or delayed does not concern them in the slightest.
Their goal is to get money from the people who have money. How they affect people with no money is not a factor in their decisions, since no money will be acquired from them regardless.
Ads these days are run like internet scams they are there to trick the most vulnerable.
the advertisement doesnt suppose to be some out of reach thing. more than likely targeted. also if you cant block ads or use modded apps you might be on apple, which means you probably will buy it.
While we’re clearing out the air, if I buy your shitty product, why do I still need to see your fucking ads?
Or worse.
Theres a product I need, never seen an ad for it. Go online, buy it. Thats all my ads are for the next 3 months like I’m some sort of fucking collector now.
And, closely related, the recurring “auto ship” suggestion for items like electric razors or oven mitts.
Yep, you nailed it, Alexa, I absolutely need one of these shipped every fucking week. Saved me so much hassle!
I appreciate the sentiment because I also hate ads, but just because you’re not spending your disposable income on premium doesn’t mean you couldn’t theoretically spend it on something else.
This is exactly how I feel when a monthly bill goes up as result of missed payment, I missed because I’m laid off and broke. What makes them think turning up the heat will result in me suddenly having money appear?
It’s not just about purchasing, but also reputation, familiarity, etc.
On the other hand, you never see ads for beans and yet you can’t stop thinking about them.
Are you sure the Bud Spencer and Terrace Hill movies haven’t been a ad campaign by big Beans?
Rubbish, I can stop thinking about beans any time I want.
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Mmmmmmm, beans on toast with a bit of cheese. DAMNIT!
They don’t care, they get paid to show you the ads. And the people spending to get the ads delivered aren’t given very good demographics or proof that the people seeing them are good candidates, all they know is that people are watching them and that some of those people click through.
I have always wanted to meet somebody that’s clicked a targeted ad and bought the product. Even if I got an ad for something I wanted and it was a good price, I’d find a way to navigate around clicking it directly.
They aren’t worried in the literal you, in one sense.
Advertising is a temporal numbers game. Any one random single individual (or household) at any given time is insignificant. You are a speck of dust in the wind.
On the flip side, advertising is (or can be) a long game. At the moment you may be too young, too poor, too healthy, too whatever for their ads to be relevant. However, if they advertise enough and you see enough of these ads, it can make an impression (even if subliminal). And down the line when you’re old enough to need dick pills and making just enough to afford them, you’re now aware that dick pills exist and suddenly now that you’re in the market for dick pills your reptilian brain will remember that jingle “Like a rock” and how Dicken’s dick pills are the key to feeling 18 again. Suddenly you’re sucking down Dicken’s pills like they’re candy.
Especially when it’s for vacation spots, booking sites, or luxury cars. Keep spending that money for no return, guys, because absolutely none of that is happening. (I want to say “not happening anytime soon,” but who am I kidding? I’m already in my upper 30s and I can’t fathom making that kind of money.)
People keep saying that ads are to get the brand into my head, but they dont realise thats a bad thing for the company. I specificly buy brands i DONT see ads for because i believe if they arent spending money on ads but are still being sold in storesz they must be spending that money on bettering the product instead.
Sadly, you’re not the norm. Getting the brand into peoples’ heads actually works in most cases, which is why they keep doing it.
It’s insane to me how little thought people put into things in their daily lives, because you’re right. So many people see a thing and they’re like “Oh, I see the thing. I’ll do the thing. Coke flavored mouthwash on my TV? Yeah, let’s do coke flavored mouthwash.” Literally just the first unfiltered, uncritical reaction they feel.
I had someone the other day tell me they didn’t want to use Firefox because when they did it gave them a bunch of security issues. When I asked what they meant it turned out the security issues in question were the browser asking them if they wanted to let different websites know their location, have access to webcam, etc. “Well I just don’t like that it does that”
I don’t want to stray into XKCD territory, but it does seem like people in general tend to be less…conscientious about such things than I. However, I’m oblivious about plenty of things myself that others are more aware of, so I guess it’s just how different priorities work.
Yeah, I am very oblivious to many civil rights issues for instance. I guess it’s probably safe to assume I’m that kind of person to somebody out there, isn’t it?
seems strange to me that this (in the attached image) isn’t the normal way people think
The fact that McDonald’s exists is proof that advertising works.
People who make financial decisions also tend to be poor. It’s worse than that, those types of ads prey on the vulnerable.
Because you are the demographic poor enough to be susceptible to the scams they advertise.
