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submitted 5 months ago by bigFab@lemmy.world to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] starik@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (6 children)

How do you guys learn about the newest products and services available?

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[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This might surprise you, but if you walk around town you get bombarded with ads actually.

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[–] LordPassionFruit@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Fun fact: not where I live. Billboards are not allowed within 18 metres of a road, and any business signage has to be both on the property of the business and at least 4 metres away from the road. You can easily walk around down town and see exactly 0 ads and it is bliss.

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[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 4 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

I said walk though, not drive.

Funny that you have better laws than we do though...

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[–] LordPassionFruit@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I also said walk through. Doesn't matter where you are, walking or driving, you will not see ads for things unless you are actively looking at a business advertising itself.

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[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I was confused because you were talking about roads, sorry. That sounds awesome...

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[–] LordPassionFruit@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago

No worries there! And it is quite nice, I must say.

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[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Your adblocker doesn't protect you outside?

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[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 4 points 5 months ago

No, I didn't get the monthly subscription :(

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[–] fracture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 months ago

i do not need that information

i know, crazy, but humans basically just need food and shelter to live

"newest products and services" is not in the hierarchy of needs

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[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

That’s such a weird thing to say. Ads don’t show you things that are good, if they were better products they wouldn’t need to press you over it. I can’t think of a time where I found something cool I didn’t know about through an ad, short of movie trailers that I actively sought out.

For example, a few years back I found out that safety razors shave closer, give me less razor burn, and cost 100x less than cartridge razors. Which one of the two gets ads?

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

If there's something I want I'll search for that product category myself, and read reviews and comparisons from entities that aren't sponsored.

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Turns out when I need a thing I can look for it without a company trying to prey on my insecurities