β² 935 βΌ sponsors, ads (feddit.org) submitted 2 months ago by gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments source: https://tech.lgbt/@AzulCrescent
[β] FishFace@piefed.social 143 points 2 months ago (4 children) "Why is their product so bad that they need to advertise it so hard" permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 88 points 2 months ago (2 children) Not just that, but if they're throwing sponsorships and ads all over, it means they have a huge advertising budget. That almost always means their profit margins are unusually high. Meaning they're a ripoff even if the product isn't a scam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Kichae@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 months ago Or it means they just got a bunch of VC money and are looking to chain you up before exploiting the shit out of you. permalink fedilink source parent [β] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Or at the very most, they have enough money, they don't need any of mine. permalink fedilink source parent [β] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org [S] 20 points 2 months ago* (2 children) yeah exactly xD i feel like advertisement should only be allowed once that you're actually looking for that / a similar product. because otherwise the advertisement is completely irrelevant to you anyways, so why do they show it to you?!? like if i search for "smartphone charging cable" i can be shown like 50 different brands of smartphone chargers. but if i don't search for it, why would i know about them? i'm not gonna buy a new smartphone charger anytime soon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago But implementing that would require some sort of adware spyware. What really irritates me is when I search for something that I'm actually looking for, and at the top of the search results is a whole chain of sponsored ads and they're freaking all from amazon. I wish there was a way to block certain sponsors from those ad results. And then I scroll past those and the first couple returned entries are also ads, but these ads are formatted like the rest of the search results so you don't notice the "ad" banner if you're not careful. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Szyler@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago The reason many of them (a charging brand like anker for example) do this is to get name recognition. If you see their name in 200 sponsors, and a year later you are looking for a charger, you see a familiar name in those 50 brands when you want to buy one, and subconsciously you trust it more than the brands you haven't heard about. permalink fedilink source parent [β] OwOarchist@pawb.social 13 points 2 months ago Yep. Absolutely everything that has a huge, pervasive ad campaign is some kind of scam or just shitty product. Not a single good, helpful product was ever advertised so heavily. permalink fedilink source parent [β] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago Or "Their product must be massively overpriced to pay for all this advertising" permalink fedilink source parent
[β] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 88 points 2 months ago (2 children) Not just that, but if they're throwing sponsorships and ads all over, it means they have a huge advertising budget. That almost always means their profit margins are unusually high. Meaning they're a ripoff even if the product isn't a scam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Kichae@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 months ago Or it means they just got a bunch of VC money and are looking to chain you up before exploiting the shit out of you. permalink fedilink source parent [β] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Or at the very most, they have enough money, they don't need any of mine. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Kichae@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 months ago Or it means they just got a bunch of VC money and are looking to chain you up before exploiting the shit out of you. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Or at the very most, they have enough money, they don't need any of mine. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org [S] 20 points 2 months ago* (2 children) yeah exactly xD i feel like advertisement should only be allowed once that you're actually looking for that / a similar product. because otherwise the advertisement is completely irrelevant to you anyways, so why do they show it to you?!? like if i search for "smartphone charging cable" i can be shown like 50 different brands of smartphone chargers. but if i don't search for it, why would i know about them? i'm not gonna buy a new smartphone charger anytime soon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago But implementing that would require some sort of adware spyware. What really irritates me is when I search for something that I'm actually looking for, and at the top of the search results is a whole chain of sponsored ads and they're freaking all from amazon. I wish there was a way to block certain sponsors from those ad results. And then I scroll past those and the first couple returned entries are also ads, but these ads are formatted like the rest of the search results so you don't notice the "ad" banner if you're not careful. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Szyler@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago The reason many of them (a charging brand like anker for example) do this is to get name recognition. If you see their name in 200 sponsors, and a year later you are looking for a charger, you see a familiar name in those 50 brands when you want to buy one, and subconsciously you trust it more than the brands you haven't heard about. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago But implementing that would require some sort of adware spyware. What really irritates me is when I search for something that I'm actually looking for, and at the top of the search results is a whole chain of sponsored ads and they're freaking all from amazon. I wish there was a way to block certain sponsors from those ad results. And then I scroll past those and the first couple returned entries are also ads, but these ads are formatted like the rest of the search results so you don't notice the "ad" banner if you're not careful. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Szyler@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago The reason many of them (a charging brand like anker for example) do this is to get name recognition. If you see their name in 200 sponsors, and a year later you are looking for a charger, you see a familiar name in those 50 brands when you want to buy one, and subconsciously you trust it more than the brands you haven't heard about. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] OwOarchist@pawb.social 13 points 2 months ago Yep. Absolutely everything that has a huge, pervasive ad campaign is some kind of scam or just shitty product. Not a single good, helpful product was ever advertised so heavily. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago Or "Their product must be massively overpriced to pay for all this advertising" permalink fedilink source parent
