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[–] N1cknamed@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ads aren't supposed to make you click through, they're supposed to lodge a brand in your brain.

If you've seen 5 ads for red delicious apples and 0 for pink ladys, the next time you go to buy an apple you're more likely to pick a red delicious even though pink lady's are superior in every single way. That's how they get you.

[–] TheChargedCreeper864@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Used to think otherwise, that I was immune to the phenomenon that you're describing. But then the other day I realised my shoes were hurting my feet. I was seriously considering buying shoe inserts (if that's their English name), even had the brand in mind, until I realised what was happening.

I've seen ads for this brand on tv like a decade ago. Before that, I honestly had no clue such things existed, I'd seen them in a store like, twice. Never seen anything related to them ever since. Literally forgot about them until I felt the slightest urge to buy them. I was really taken aback when I realised what had happened in my "advertising-immune" mind

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

It isn't one or the other. They're trying to both persuade you and develop brand awareness. But they'll settle for brand awareness.

[–] rothaine 1 points 1 year ago

Fuckin love pink ladies