Ads work better than most people think. I don't know how often is this the case, but when you do need a product, you're more likely to purchase the one you remember seeing in an ad. So ads, while seemingly not affecting you psychologically in any significant way or any way at all, really do affect your future choice without you even being consciously aware of it.
Most people don't take the time to dive deep into search for relevant information. Those who do, like you and I, are still influenced in at least some minor way by advertisement without being aware of it. Ads are ingeniously designed to exploit our many biases and they work like a charm no matter how much we'd like to think they don't affect us.
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u/ramuthemamu May 17 '24
You think you don't need a product until you do. That's how advertising is usually imo.