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atrielienz ,

The thing is, if I want something I’ll go looking for it. At the point where I’m looking for it or something like it, I am happy to consume ads even tangentially related to that thing. If analytics marketing worked this way (showing me relevant ads when I’m shopping for something, even if it’s for something I am not actively looking for), things would be better. But ads have worked their way into the cracks of everything and that’s my problem with them.

I hate Billboards. I don’t like circulars (waste of paper and generally too much trash), I hate junk mail and I think it’s predatory. Popups (singing, flashing, scrolling when I scroll to stay on the page, tiny exit buttons, video, etc) are garbage.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I hate Billboards.

I don’t just hate them, but I’d straight up make them illegal. At least next to roads. They are specifically meant to get the attention of drivers. How can that be allowed?

atrielienz ,

If we used billboards for something like missing children or traffic announcements etc I’d be okay with that. But pretty much no actual ads for products. Billboards are a driving distraction and I don’t approve.

captain_aggravated ,
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I am okay with some billboards that advertise services that are relevant to motorists, such as fuel, food or lodging near the road.

subtext ,

I think Washington state has outlawed them except for things like safety signs and I think that’s great.

This is from like 15 years ago, so maybe it’s not true anymore.

7uWqKj ,

All of them

Albbi ,

Even free samples?

Etterra ,

Especially free samples.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Generally yes. If I don’t need it, I don’t need it for free either. The price doesn’t change how much I don’t need a product.

Only made sense when some supermarkets had samples of hams and cheeses in those sections before COVID. Helped decide which one to buy.

all-knight-party ,
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Does anybody get free samples because they need them? They get them because they want them.

JJROKCZ ,

Yep, I want marketing to not exist. If your product or service is good then its reputation will stand on its own and spread via word of mouth. Billboards and ads should be criminal as they ruin our scenery and waste our time

unwarlikeExtortion ,

On a related note, when shops let you “donate” stuff you buy at their store to a food bank.

queermunist ,

“Pay us to not let the homeless starve.”

notanaltaccount ,

I dislike ads that don’t indicate the functional benefits of the product and instead nake it about the product being aspirational or about my worth.

The “You’re worth getting some deliciousness” for a chocolate bar would be an example.

I’d rather know if the chocolate was ethical, the price, and sweetness level.

corsicanguppy ,

Here’s the thing.

I’ve been watching TV occasionally - she watches junk TV on this huge thing she got, and, nahhh. I usually do streaming - and every now and then an advert that comes on is actually for a product I’ve never heard of. It’ll be something dumb like little Caesar’s crazy French toast or some shit, but, to the ad’s credit, I would never have known about it if I didn’t see the ad.

But, 95% of ads are absolute junk. Payday loans, reverse mortgages, Dodge Rams; junk. I’d love to see the new products and Superbowl ads, and then nothing else.

Bougie_Birdie ,
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There’s this ad I keep seeing that I really despise. It’s for teeth-whitening toothpaste. The actress is wearing a white coat then holds up a tissue to her teeth, lamenting that her sparkling white teeth are ‘still yellow’

They cut away to teach you how toothpaste works, because surely you’ve never heard of this newfangled thing, and when they cut back she’s no longer wearing her white coat and says how much whiter her teeth are.

It’s transparently obvious that the wardrobe and tissue are just to give you something whiter to look at. But like… your teeth aren’t supposed to be freakishly white. It’s just something that Big Toothpaste wants you to feel bad about the way your body is. Also, using whitening toothpaste when you don’t need it can damage your enamel and cause you long term problems.

Trollivier ,

Unite against big toothpaste! I agree with those.

Shard ,

PSA whitening toothpastes are just normal toothpastes with added abrasives. So they temporary whiten your teeth because you’ve removed the outer most enamel which gives your teeth its hardness. At the mere cost of tooth sensitivity and future staining, the deeper dentine layer is much softer and porous which is easily damaged by acidic foods but also more easily stained due to the porosity. So congratulations your teeth are now more stained.

Mothra ,
@Mothra@mander.xyz avatar

Yes I hate teeth whitening in general. I really dislike that unnatural shade of white. What gets me of their advertising methods is that they usually prey on people’s insecurities based on the myth that the whiter your teeth the healthier they must be.

corsicanguppy , (edited )

This isn’t complete bunk. The new indicator of wealth is healthy teeth. Poor kids don’t get to go to the dentist regularly, so have more problems later on; rich kids get regular cleanings to prevent buildup, and have much healthier teeth.

The trick was making us equate white-white teeth with healthy teeth, even though there’s a shade of ‘white’ that is just healthy, clean enamel with no plaque buildup but isn’t true white.

I only retained this when I heard it as I was a poor kid and, wow, am I glad I have a good job as our dental care is still mercenary as fuck.

MrFunnyMoustache ,

For me it’s branding something as “AI” as a buzzword. Almost all product marketing is full of AI hype these days.

unwarlikeExtortion ,

Honestly, I’m fine with them putting the AI sticker on everything. What I have a problem with is if by AI they mean they scrape any and all data they can get their grubby little hands on.

olafurp ,

Billboards

Today ,

After my mom passed everyone on my cell plan began getting phone calls and text messages to buy her house.

nightofmichelinstars ,

Fucking soulless vultures. I’m sorry for your loss.

Today ,

Thanks.

electric_nan ,

All of them.

captain_aggravated ,
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Product placements in television shows where the ad becomes part of the fiction.

I officially stopped watching Eureka when there was an episode about Degree For Men. I similarly gave up on Bones when the characters started delivering Toyota ads to each other.

I’m okay with there being a stick of Degree For Men label out in Sheriff Carter’s bathroom, or if the cast of Bones drive Toyotas. But when they stop to talk about long lasting anti-wetness or zero percent APR financing I’m fucking done.

Turd_Ferg ,
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Paid streaming services that have ads in the UI (youtubetv). Amazon firesticks having ads on the UI. I actually complained to YTTV and they sent me an email explaining why there are commercial on live TV, pissed me off even more.

menixator ,

Detaching basic features from an existing free product and making people pay a subscription for it.

rolaulten ,

Aka soo.tax

Brkdncr ,

Contacting me after I browse their website.

D61 ,

“Would you like to round up your purchase, we promise that we’ll give it to somebody who needs it.”

Large, well known companies that just advertise that they still exist. Like, yeah, I know McDonaldsBurgerTacoBellWendySonic’s exist. I pass them on every street corner. Show me an advertisement for something I don’t know exists.

Resetting/moving the products on the store’s shelves en masse, not because there’s holes from discontinued products but because “people will stop paying attention to the shelves if everything stays the same.” I’m old and in a hurry and I was here to give you my fucking money. Don’t make it hard for me to give you my fucking money.

Pricing to the 9’s.

Filling the shelves with a bunch of things that don’t seem to sell all that well, taking up space that could have been used to keep more of the fast moving products on the retail floor, just to have the appearance of diversity on the shelves.

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