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Re:Why I Work on Ads by ExtraE on Thursday May 06, 2021 @11:51AM (#27065105)
Do you have a new $gadget/$smartphone/$tablet/$whatever? What about your SO/father/niece? (You might not, but I bet a lot of people reading this and agreeing do buy a bunch of stuff they don't need without realizing it).
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Re:Why I Work on Ads by noir_lord on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:32PM (#27066577)
Nope, mobile is three years old, desktop is nearly three, ThinkPad is nearly four.

Haven't bought anything techie for about 18mths and when I do mostly shop on specs, reviews from sources I trust.

I viscerally loathe advertising, I don't like been manipulated in any context so I run a background process mentally watching for it :).

I'm an advertisers nightmare, I'll not only ignore your advertising I'll go to significant technical lengths to block it for myself and everyone in my family.

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Re:Why I Work on Ads by ExtraE on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:28PM (#27091751)
Do you buy brand name clothing? Cereal? Medicine? Did you buy your car/bike/transportation new or used? Where do you go to find a job? Etc
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