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Re:Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension devel... by Dylan16807 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:55AM (#37073262)
Is it even possible to not spend money on advertised things?
Re:Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension devel... by hoseja on Thursday August 10, 2023 @08:00AM (#37075057)
Mostly by not spending money frivolously.
Re:Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension devel... by Dylan16807 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:48PM (#37080147)
The house I live in was advertised when it was on sale, all the food at the store gets advertised, all the non-bespoke clothes I can buy get advertised, as do most of the bespoke ones, every car gets advertised...
Re:Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension devel... by LoganDark on Friday August 11, 2023 @02:00AM (#37085568)
The difference is whether those ads were exposed to you before you bought it. Was it a factor in your decision?

Not whether it's something in the world that's ever been marketed at all, because literally everything has.

Re:Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension devel... by Dylan16807 on Friday August 11, 2023 @02:34AM (#37085750)
Generally yes. Especially the grocery store is constantly advertising hundreds of items, and I've looked at their ad pages more than once. And it's pretty hard to find houses outside of advertising platforms, and I used to watch enough TV that I'd seen ads for every clothing store and every car before I had a chance to find them on my own.