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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by californical on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:59PM (#36538399)
I wanted a new small camera recently. How did I find it? By trying to find opinions of people who had owned different cameras, and comparing their opinions about the ones that they owned.

I didn’t need an ad to tell me to buy a camera. I didn’t see any ads at all! Rather, I decided “I wish I had something to take pictures with”, so I started researching how I could accomplish that thing.

And ads would not have helped me find the best camera option at all, in fact it’s probably a slightly negative signal — they must have big profits to spend lots of money on ads, compared to a company that just makes the best product and has their customers promote it for them.

Same thing with any other product. I see my coworkers using a terminal app I’ve never seen. It looks better than the normal one, so I ask them about it.

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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by Given_47 on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:47PM (#36539192)
Yea aside from it indicating less budget for R&D, anything that’s ridiculously promoted probably means u would b spending significantly more than you should be for that lol.

It’s very simple and not even nuanced I’m just unsure why many seem to gloss over that. Perhaps I’m more jaded than most

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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by brewdad on Sunday July 02, 2023 @12:27AM (#36558224)
I will always have a need for a VPN. I will never pay for NordVPN. Their level of advertising has me convinced they are up to no good regardless of whether that is true or not.
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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by Given_47 on Sunday July 02, 2023 @03:26PM (#36564778)
Hahah the other day a buddy asked me about Nord and after suggesting Mullvad for the life of me I couldn’t remember why I was wary about Nord. But that’s what it was, their incessant advertising.
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