Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-national evidence

Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by JohnFen on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @05:11PM (#20034464)

> One is "Hey, did you know this thing exists? Check it out! Here are all the tests it passed, realistic cost of ownership, and locations where it is in stock".

I'm pretty sure that I haven't seen that sort of ad since the late '80s.

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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by drdeca on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @06:03PM (#20034864)

I have seen an ad that informed me of the existence of a product with a certain property, which I had wished existed but didn’t think did, and this led to a purchase of the product being made.

However, I don’t remember the content of the ad, so I can’t be confident that it didn’t also have an emotional appeal to it.

The company in question later did something else I didn’t like, but the added feature (really, the removal of a ubiquitous mis/anti feature) continues to be something I appreciate.

This was in the last 5 years I am pretty sure.

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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by asdff on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @09:15PM (#20036018)

Ever been to the 'gear' section of WiRED?

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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by JohnFen on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:16PM (#20062899)

No, I stopped reading Wired about a decade ago.

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