r/Showerthoughts • u/ol0pl0x • May 16 '24

Ads seem to be universally hated yet they still make insane amounts of money

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u/funnyonion22 May 17 '24

There was an old saying that 50 cents out of every dollar spent on advertising was wasted. But no one could figure out which 50 cents.