: who watches and consumes because of ads? why are they still a ‘thing’? as “everyone” seems to hate them and looks for ways to not see them, but ads are increasing and added to everything.

Question

how and why are ads so effective?

ads are increasing by an alarming amount and being stuffed literally eveywhere and in everything?!

and i dont know a single person that watches them or ever purchased anything because of them, not even the moest gullible people thet where scamed with all sorts of bullshit

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Answer 1

People look for social proof when it comes to buying something. And if you’re buying something new, you’ll probably buy something you’ve heard of, with the logic that something well-known is probably good.

Alas, that’s not true anymore, because ads hack into that belief that something known is more trustworthy than something unknown.