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Re:Amazon to add limited ads to Prime Video starting in earl... by gdulli on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:14PM (#37613896)
The best concert I ever saw (Nightmares on Wax) was one I only knew was going to be in town from a TV commercial. I don't follow concert news.

I realized recently that I only ever see blockbuster movies anymore because I've hardcore eliminated advertising from my life. I don't know what movies are coming out anymore if they're not huge and mainstream. That's kind of a bummer. Movie trailers were one kind of commercial I did like.

Advertising mostly sucks, yes, but like all takes you can be too extremist about it. Sometimes an advertiser's interests align with mine. Maybe I should know the full range of products and services available. I'm not going to forget that the advertiser's message is biased.

By blocking all advertising from my life I've introduced a different kind of bias into my choices.

Re:Amazon to add limited ads to Prime Video starting in earl... by vel0city on Friday September 22, 2023 @01:02PM (#37614543)
Almost all concerts I've gone to without a friend taking me was because I heard about the concert on the radio.
Re:Amazon to add limited ads to Prime Video starting in earl... by edgyquant on Friday September 22, 2023 @07:27PM (#37619097)
Nevertheless, that doesn’t make them a necessity