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I dont understand people's tolerance for marketing (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to c/shitposting@lemmy.ml

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"This product's ad intrerupted what I was watching. I will now wholly support this company by purchasing their products."

Who are you, and why are you this way?

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[–] NecroticEuphoria@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What I read about ads once made sense to me:

It's not as much about making the product look good or convincing people that they absolutely it. It's more about people remembering it, whether they want to or not.

Marketing companies have entire departments for making sure ads waste as much of your memory as possible. As a bonus, they also burn up the climate.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

Yep, I think one of the Subvertiser groups first told me: ads shit in your head.

I view ads with the same revulsion as a manipulative villian. Like OP says, I can't understand how people accept and tolerate it. Taking up public space, taking up over a quarter of commercial television, pretending to be real user posts online, fighting for your attention all hours of the day. I'm so, so glad non-for-profit forums like this exist for a breath of air (I use Tor to avoid trackers, which shouldn't be used with an ad blocker)

That, and "influencers". Like I said a couple of days ago in another post, it's surprising how such and ominous, creepy term became accepted and normalized.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

they burn up the climate as in the energy wasted to make and play them, or is this a thing?

[–] NecroticEuphoria@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

The production definitely plays a role, but it's the huge datacenters for tracking you across the internet and even when not actively browsing. They track as much as they can.

What website you're visiting, when you're visiting it, how long do you stay on it, what you click on, what other website you're coming from, your browser settings, operating system, VPN, IP address, even your mouse movements.

Your phone records a lot more. Google and Amazon listen to your conversations. The Facebook app scans your phone contact list, so they have my phone number even without me consenting to it.

These servers are built to invade the privacy of hundreds of millions of people and that eats up a lot energy and water.

When upset about AI datacenters, never forget that the advertising industry is polluting about just as bad. And of course, now ads are being combined with AI as well, so make that double.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

“This product’s ad intrerupted what I was watching. I will now wholly support this company by purchasing their products.”

I don't think this is what you could call "tolerance". Tolerance for marketing is just getting used to it and not minding it. In the capitalist society the marketing is everywhere and you can't avoid it so it's often the case.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

me using ublock like

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

personally, i embrace bill hicks thought when it comes to marketers

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Just planting seeds... just planting seeds.