That’s such a weird thing to say. Ads don’t show you things that are good, if they were better products they wouldn’t need to press you over it. I can’t think of a time where I found something cool I didn’t know about through an ad, short of movie trailers that I actively sought out.
For example, a few years back I found out that safety razors shave closer, give me less razor burn, and cost 100x less than cartridge razors. Which one of the two gets ads?
Fun fact: not where I live. Billboards are not allowed within 18 metres of a road, and any business signage has to be both on the property of the business and at least 4 metres away from the road. You can easily walk around down town and see exactly 0 ads and it is bliss.
I also said walk through. Doesn’t matter where you are, walking or driving, you will not see ads for things unless you are actively looking at a business advertising itself.
How do you guys learn about the newest products and services available?
That’s such a weird thing to say. Ads don’t show you things that are good, if they were better products they wouldn’t need to press you over it. I can’t think of a time where I found something cool I didn’t know about through an ad, short of movie trailers that I actively sought out.
For example, a few years back I found out that safety razors shave closer, give me less razor burn, and cost 100x less than cartridge razors. Which one of the two gets ads?
i do not need that information
i know, crazy, but humans basically just need food and shelter to live
“newest products and services” is not in the hierarchy of needs
If there’s something I want I’ll search for that product category myself, and read reviews and comparisons from entities that aren’t sponsored.
This might surprise you, but if you walk around town you get bombarded with ads actually.
Fun fact: not where I live. Billboards are not allowed within 18 metres of a road, and any business signage has to be both on the property of the business and at least 4 metres away from the road. You can easily walk around down town and see exactly 0 ads and it is bliss.
I said walk though, not drive.
Funny that you have better laws than we do though…
I also said walk through. Doesn’t matter where you are, walking or driving, you will not see ads for things unless you are actively looking at a business advertising itself.
I was confused because you were talking about roads, sorry. That sounds awesome…
No worries there! And it is quite nice, I must say.
Your adblocker doesn’t protect you outside?
No, I didn’t get the monthly subscription :(
Turns out when I need a thing I can look for it without a company trying to prey on my insecurities
I don’t.