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A Boring Dystopia
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Well said.
There will always be slop advertisements. I avoid traditional advertising by pirating or paying for an ad free version. I do still watch ads in the form of product reviews and such. There are great products that I found through advertising that I otherwise wouldn't.
There is a lot of awful advertising and I'm numb to it, my brain doesn't even register it.
The problem is bad advertising works. My job is related to the text messaging industry. We have clients that spent six figures on sending marketing messages, for every dollar they are spending on text marketing they are making 5x more in profit.
I like to think that there will be a shift in advertising towards more thoughtful placement as consumers learn to ignore but honestly I think that's my own bias. Most people are susceptible to slop advertisements and so the slop will continue.
Your job sucks fuck you