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▲ juiceland 2 hours ago

"I like being manipulated so I think everyone should be manipulated" is certainly A Take in 2026.

▲tripleee 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Is your idea that manipulative advertising actually works based on anything? Trying to make people want something they don't already want is a massive waste of money.

▲rurp 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, based on it being one of the largest most profitable industries in the world. There is an immense amount of data showing that shoveling ad money into a product will convince some percent of people to buy it. Or just glance at the ads that fill up most people's Facebook feed and Google SERPs; it's mostly crap that looks flashy but few seconds but that few if any people actually have a real need for.

I've personally blocked who knows how many tens of thousands of ads online over the past couple decades. Somehow I doubt my life is lacking for not buying hundreds of extra products I would have learned about from all those targeted ads.

▲tripleee 22 minutes ago | parent [-]

I'm talking about manipulative advertising. Showing someone a product that they're interested in and then go on to buy isn't manipulative.

▲physicallyIllfr an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, and sometimes the things people want are addictive and ruin their lives.