Ask HN: What will it take to destroy the ads market?

Re:Ask HN: What will it take to destroy the ads market? by squarefoot on Monday March 14, 2022 @10:44AM (#30673019)

That is the result of a saturated market with too many products and services on one side and too few pockets that can buy them on the other one, moreover while the number of products/services is growing and common people is getting poorer, the time in which companies fight to conquer a slot to advertise their products is fixed, therefore it's shrinking in contrast. The result is more and more advertising. It will never be enough.

People should be taught when they're still kids how to become resistant to advertising and exercise more critical thinking; I knew so many people who completely ignored some products they saw every day used by others until the day they were shown on TV; that can't be good.

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Re:Ask HN: What will it take to destroy the ads market? by tentacleuno on Monday March 14, 2022 @08:34PM (#30680340)

There was a 2-minute advertisement on TV a few weeks back about a ladder. I did some quick spelunking and, as I suspected, the ladder is not very good according to many many people who have tried it. In theory it was a good idea, but part of me worries when I start to see very long advertisements for a product for the following reasons: I'd be paying for their advertising if I bought the product; if they have to market it so aggressively, then it can't be that good; I don't want something that's shoved down my throat (e.g. Microsoft Edge) and finally the testimonials are almost always biased, so they must be hiding something.

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