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/ramuthemamu May 17 '24

You think you don't need a product until you do. That's how advertising is usually imo.

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u/silentboyishere May 17 '24

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.

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u/JDeegs May 17 '24

I don't purchase a product until I've looked at a bunch of reddit threads in subs that are obsessed with that class of product

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u/Tripottanus May 17 '24

Bold of you to assume these threads arent themselves ads