How many of you actually brought something just because a machine/stranger recommended it to you? For me, it's almost never.
I watch YouTube a lot, as a free tier user, of course. When a video starts to play, all my focus is automatically dead-locked on the "Skip Ad" button, and sometimes "Skip trial". It's a game for me now to see how fast I can tap the "Skip". As for the content of the Ad, well, usually I ignored it all together.
Sometimes, when I'm away from the phone and suddenly a some 50 hours long Ad starts to play, I'll just continue finishing what's on hand first, and then go to my phone to tap "Skip" or switch to Twitter or Telegram to see whats fun over there -- all without notice what the Ad was saying.
Yes, sometime, some annoying Ad got into my head anyway, but ... why should I buy something that annoys me?
For me, the most effective Ad are those what I'm actively looking for. For example, if I'm looking for a running shoes, I'll click the Ad on the search page and/or listings page to see if there is a good product/deal. And I'll stop click those as soon as I made the purchase.
So personally, I don't really understand the idea of Tracking Your Every Move So We Can Sell You Stuff. How it even works?
Yesterday on Reddit, I saw a meme with a picture of a dish rack sitting atop a sink, with a funny caption about the kind of stuff you get excited about in your 30s.
For me, I did get excited, as such a contraption would save a ton of counter space in my small apartment. I ended up searching for it on [big ecomm store] and almost bought one. Still looking for one that's designed for use over a single sink.
It sound funny, but sometimes, those ads contains some information that might spark the curiosity in me.
For example, there was an ad about some gangster/mafia game, the ad itself was absolute ridicules for my taste, however, the game itself received ~4.3 stars rating on Google Play, which is completely contrary to my expectation -- other people think it's not a bad game, it's just me not understanding it well enough.
Look, I live a simple life, the world in my eyes is narrow, which is bad for me as a (self entitled LOL) developer. So if getting harassed for 5 seconds is what it takes to widen my view a bit, I think I'll take it :D
Of course I never downloaded the game, so it's still an ineffective advertisement for them.
I was convinced to switch from GoogleFI (mobile carrier) to Mint Mobile because of ads on YouTube. That made me feel great pay less ($15/mo) and slightly de-google myself a bit, via adverts on YouTube of all places!
How many of you actually brought something just because a machine/stranger recommended it to you? For me, it's almost never.
I watch YouTube a lot, as a free tier user, of course. When a video starts to play, all my focus is automatically dead-locked on the "Skip Ad" button, and sometimes "Skip trial". It's a game for me now to see how fast I can tap the "Skip". As for the content of the Ad, well, usually I ignored it all together.
Sometimes, when I'm away from the phone and suddenly a some 50 hours long Ad starts to play, I'll just continue finishing what's on hand first, and then go to my phone to tap "Skip" or switch to Twitter or Telegram to see whats fun over there -- all without notice what the Ad was saying.
Yes, sometime, some annoying Ad got into my head anyway, but ... why should I buy something that annoys me?
For me, the most effective Ad are those what I'm actively looking for. For example, if I'm looking for a running shoes, I'll click the Ad on the search page and/or listings page to see if there is a good product/deal. And I'll stop click those as soon as I made the purchase.
So personally, I don't really understand the idea of Tracking Your Every Move So We Can Sell You Stuff. How it even works?
Now if you remember this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14879204