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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by ambicapter on Saturday April 05, 2025 @10:10PM (#43598408)
If you go see a movie because of an ad and the movie turns out to be shit, are you glad advertising led you to discover that movie?
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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by echoangle on Sunday April 06, 2025 @03:07AM (#43599508)
If the ad was misleading, no. But I don’t just go to a movie after seeing an ad, I then look up reviews and other information about it. The ad is just useful to know that the movie exists and is roughly something I would be interested in.
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