• Waldelfe@feddit.org
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    There was a very annoying radio ad for a musli brand when I was a child. I decided then that I would never buy their product ever. I’m 40 now and can proudly say that I still go out of my way to not buy any products from that company and to the best of my knowledge I’ve never eaten their products.

    I get that the idea is to create recognition, but if it’s too annoying you won’t get a “Ah, I’ve heard that name I’ll go for this one” from me but a “Oh, that’s the annoying one, I’ll avoid it.”

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    I got real into Zero Punctuation about a decade ago, so I’d watch a load of 5 minute youtube videos back to back.

    It would serve me the same goddamn ad for a Mission Impossible movie between every one. The ad had this hateful nasally music that went “ready or not, here I come.”

    I have not paid for a movie ticket, a streaming service, or a new DVD or Blu-Ray since then. Brain surgery with a backhoe, cut your pineal gland off at the waist. Fuck your entire sector of industry, Tom Cruise.

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      In my head this read like Queen’s “Flash Gordon” song. It made it all the more absurd and better.

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      4 hours ago

      This is the key.

      Ads don’t care if you like or don’t like them, as long as you remember them.

      The worst thing an ad can do is be forgettable

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        Disagree.

        I may be in the minority but the more I know about you, the less I ever want you in my house.

        I will literally go by an LG Washing Machine out of spite because Sony showed up too much in ads.

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        I don’t know how having me associate their name with a spike of rage is a good thing. There are definitely companies I went from being neutral towards to never considering them again due to their advertising methods. For example I’ve never eaten at Quiznos because of those fucking rat commercials they did like 20 years ago. I’m not even sure if that place still exists or not. I hope not, and I hope whoever came up with those commercials is dead.

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    Someone should write an article about how interrupting ads actualy negatively affect consumer choices and then popularize it. I am ok even if its just made of shady stats, many will adapt the idea blindly anyways.

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      Someone should. I’m sure it has never been tried.

      Surely companies will ignore decades of psychological studies and own marketing experience for a random article full of made up numbers.

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      They used to.

      Why do you see diminishing returns lately? Because more money into more ads lead to consumer fatigue.

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      Except I used to work in distribution for Sears/Best Buy online delivery and I can assure you I noticed what people bought and the ads that were frequent. The more obtrusive ads saw less sales.

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    Where do you even see ads ? Use an ad blocker ! Haven’t seen ads online for over a decade.

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      Does anybody actually PLAY raid shadow legends, or is it just an ad for nothing? I don’t think I’ve ever seen the actual game play or heard anyone ever mention playing it.

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      Gaming has become such bullshit in this regard.

      I mean it’s so rare nowadays to come across a game where you can tell: this is made by someone who genuinely wanted to make this game for the sake of making/playing it.

      It’s always just another micro transaction storefront with graphics.

      And ads aren’t any different, contrived bullshit.

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        made by someone who genuinely wanted to make this game for the sake of making/playing it.

        There is nothing wrong with developers wanting to get paid for their labor. You want, and deserve, to be paid for your labor. Why don’t they??

        If you stay away from AAA, AAAA gaming and you get solid deals made by people trying to make an honest living. It’s not that hard. I haven’t bought or felt any need to buy micro transactions since Horse Armor came out.

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        *mainstream gaming.

        There’s still a world out there not bothered by this. I’m a big spender but AAA gaming lost me a while ago. On all systems I’ve got more games to play than I could ever have the time for.

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    7 hours ago

    “This has got to be the worst advertisement I’ve ever heard.”

    “Ah but you have heard it.”