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by CobrastanJorji 25 days ago
Oh yeah. Imagine the product offerings for food alone. "We can make you care about good wine versus bad wine in a way that the average sommelier will find very normal and perhaps even a touch impressive." Or "We can make you and your children enjoy vegetables and seafood as much as you enjoy desserts." People would be willing to pay tens of thousands. And then imagine "We will make exercise be a part of your routine like you've already been doing it for years" or "we will make you like your job" or "we will make you regularly open up emotionally with your spouse."
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You could, sadly, easily 10x the willingness-to-buy metric (and dollar amount) if the marketing promise became about one getting others to change their opinions, preferences, and behavior and avoiding making any changes to oneself.

Though, re-reading your comment now, I am curious

> We can make you and your children enjoy vegetables and seafood as much as you enjoy desserts.

Why seafood?

Fish is healthy, and I know a bunch of choosey food folks who just fundamentally do not like fish. Steak, chicken, pork, fine, but not fish, and shellfish are just right out.
Not even fish and chips?
Is cod supposed to be a particularly enjoyable fish?
I think the fact that it's deep-fried in batter is what tends to make it appealing to kids and those with kid-like tastes.