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by darth_avocado 245 days ago
Google ads is bad but wait till you reach the ads on all the streaming platforms. Watching the same ad roll for the 20th time in the same evening is like the door to door salesman that rung your doorbell for the 20th time and kept loudly screaming about their product while you’re trying to enjoy a peaceful meal. If anything, I’m going to actively start hating your brand or product.
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It's entirely intentional. Companies would rather you "hate" their brand than forget their brand.

The reality is that a shockingly high percentage of people just don't get upset about that. Pay attention to anyone using a web browser without an ad blocker. They are so deep in the learned helplessness hole they don't even complain as their web page takes ages to load and reflow while they want to read, and they just silently click skip on all three youtube ads.

The ads work great on them. Think of how many people bought HeadOn.