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I block ads everywhere I can, then get frustrated that I don't know when movies are going to come out.
It would be nice if we could get back to a place where advertisers just wanted to tell us about products in case we are interested rather than stalk us like some kind of a psychotic ex-lover hoping to build the perfect psychological profile to Make us love their product whether we want to or not.
I tend to refer to them as informational Vs conditioning ads.
Informational are actually useful. They let you know a company exists, or a new product is available.
The conditioning ads are the evil ones. They are basically hacking your brain. We often shop based on familiarity, rather than logic. We weigh seeing a product in an ad at almost the same level as a friend recommending it. Throw enough ads at someone and they default to "all my friends recommend it, it must be good."
I would love to either block or ban conditioning adverts, without also banning informational ones. The former are a lot more slippery at trying to bypass blocks.
Maybe your local cinema has a newsletter or something you can follow
I just go to rotten tomatoes every now and then
stop being sensible
Same. Unfortunately I'm very forgetful and the distance between now and then is often greater than the release window of that movie I want to watch.
That... Is not how targeted advertising works
dd not care