If you shove it in my face, it's not me discovering what I want, it's you telling me what I want and hoping I go along with it. Gets really fucking old when hundreds of people do it to me every day.

Advertisers: please piss off and let me discover the world on my own.

No comment on Turing then?

Wow, I have never seen this bad a case of internet-mad. Upvote for persistence!

It's a hilarious concept that people would be interesting in discovering something they want. Need? Sure. Want? No way.

The very root of suffering is desire. -Buddha (paraphrased)

I search for reviews from people I trust, compare the results, and decide on an option. I can't think of the last time I discovered anything I wanted from advertising with the possible exception of movie trailers.

Even before the point where you look for reviews. Like the moment where you learn a product even exists, and you decide you might want to get it. That's the role advertising fills.

I agree with you on the second part. I block all ads on all computers I use, so they're pretty useless to me, but I still understand why they exist and the job they do.