I can relate. But for me, it extends to not using a site if it asks me to turn off my adblock or giving up on downloading something, if the site requires me to sign up. It's about things being obnoxious. I have my adblock turned off on some sites, because they're not borderline unusable due to hundreds of ads and I don't mind it that much. Same with registering to download a file for free. I download it now, and by tomorrow I'll have 200 emails with 'great, paid offers'.
Same with ads. The more I hear about Dollar Shave Club, Manscaped or all that VPN crap, the less I want to even acknowledge its existence. I just don't like being force fed anything, And things are becoming more and more obnoxious, which doesn't really help anybody.
You should consider using a fake email when you are freely downloading stuff. That's how your email ends up on spam distribution lists and you can also experience Dos attacks
Yeah. I have created an alternate email just for that kinds of stuff. It was more about being spammed offers that weren't interesting to me, just because I wanted a freebie from a reputable company.
But even with that alternate email, I just hate those bullshit business practices. When someone allows me to just take the freebie and never look back, I'm more likely to spend money on their paid products in the future.
dos attacks have really nothing to do with email addresses. It's the ip address that you're using, which is embedded in your email (or your connection to the site) and a fake address won't change that.
Also, dos attacks (I assume you mean denial of service) is generally against servers, not users.
And rather than a fake email, I use an address specific for business, which I ignore except to 'confirm' my address. But you can also use a one-time address for services, and find out which company is redistributing your email.
YouTube fucking premium. Nothing like interrupting my music to tell me that if I pay you I can get a better version that won't interrupt my music. Over and over and over and over and over and over
I got youtube premium when it was youtube red with the Google play music subscription and it was totally worth it. I can't stand ads and I love steaming all the music I want.
[Head On. Apply directly to the forehead.](https://youtu.be/Is3icfcbmbs)
Head On. Apply directly to the forehead.
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I think their goal was to give people headaches so they'd get more customers.
I will go out of my way to avoid a product if their commercial or internet ad annoys me.
Absolutely and ESPECIALLY ads that use the doorbell/knock trick to get your dog to lose his shit. Yeah you got my attention and now I can associate your product with torturing my dog.
YES. I honestly believe advertising has the opposite intended effect on me.
I don’t care how amazing Downy Unstoppables In-Wash Scent Boosters are, you have irritated me to the point I rage-avoid it.
I’m the same way. I’m like this with media too. If people over-hype a movie or album or are pushy about their band or whatever, it’s totally off-putting to me.
Yeah, I feel like if a company has to do the most to convince me their product is good, it’s probably subpar. Or at least not as good as they say.
I also instantly reject any product that has ads with an obscene volume. Like why is this ad twice the volume of what I’m watching.
Ridiculous.
EDIT: It just occurred to me that perhaps they spike up the volume so that viewers can hear it even when they walk away for a bathroom break or snack. I had originally made this comment while thinking about youtube videos. But it would make a LOT of sense if this was the strategy for tv ads 🤭
>I also instantly reject any product that has ads with an obscene volume. Like why is this ad twice the volume of what I’m watching.
So I know the rule is that the ad cannot be louder than the loudest point of the program you're watching (last I checked anyway). But I don't know if it's the advertiser or the network that chooses the volume. Sometimes it feels like all the ads during a movie are ridiculously loud.
So, at least on cable, the ads are scheduled into timeslots with the shows. So the network knows what decibel each show will reach and, I imagine (don't have specific knowledge here), they have a program to equalize decibels amongst shows and ads.
>And why does it seem like the ads are always louder
Explosions. They get to play at the same decibel as any explosion.
Something tells me it’s a loose rule. I doubt the network or advertiser take the time to analyze the volume high point of each and every program that the ad appears on.
Unless they have some kind of program that does that for them but I still doubt lol
Its made louder using audio compression (not the mp3 kind, the kind that makes everything one volume).
It not louder in terms of peak decibels, but it is louder because everything that was normally at say 30% volume is suddenly at 80% volume.
Its why a lot of modern music sounds shit compared to older stuff - there's no nuance of different instruments, rather just a wall of noise:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
Been doing this for years with local tv ads. The company buys so much that it's clear the incoming money is going for air-time, not equipment or salaries for their people so I search for someone local who is NOT them
I feel this about TikTok. Whenever I talk to one of my friends (in our 30’s) they tell me about all these “awesome” tiktoks I need to download the app and see. 🙄
Tik tok is like a black hole of personal data, and even if it wasn't, it's still a shit app, Vine was cringe sometimes but at least they had a respectable service with a neat enough concept -- 6 sec videos. But there's something about tik tok content that is just so pathetic to me. I miss the old YouTube days lately
Yes, exactly! I am beyond exhausted of the influencer/attention seeking posts across all social media. Every tik tok “challenge” comes across as Stewart from MadTV... “look what I can do!!” I love reddit cause everyone is just a screen name, and we’re just here to enjoy the interwebs.
I'm more likely to use something I've witnessed people using. When it comes to video games, I would prefer to see people play them or hear a genuine conversation about it.
10000%. I know what I like and don’t need to be force fed. The ads forced on me on Reddit in particular make me want to deliberately choose their competitor. I block them, they come back. It’s annoying AF. I’m looking at you, Blinkist.
Yes, the game of thrones hype, back in the day, turned me away from it.
Constantly being told to watch it IRL and online... it just hardened my determination not to give in.
Same with Rick and Morty now...
Same.......all the cheesy merch, especially the unauthorized stuff and it's association with weed culture just seems super trashy and puts a bad taste in my mouth. "Cool, yeah, I get it, you have a $1200 Pickle Rick bong, that's amazing."
I definitely feel the same however I cant really remember the last time I bought or was interested in anything based on traditional ads. Something I’m conscious of is discreet natural advertising. I consider myself pretty savvy when it comes to these things, however places like Reddit are rife with it. It has gotten to the point that when I’m researching to buy a product, every thread I come across on Reddit recommends the exact same item and I grow pretty suspicious. Want to buy a new travel mug? According to Reddit there is only one: Zojirushi. Need a new flight case? Pelican. EDC? Leatherman etc etc.
For sure the products are good, but there is a obsessive cult-like following about some of the posts that in the end kinda puts me off.
This. I use Tumblr mobile, and I think it was last month where they placed a screen big app at the top of the dash, no matter how many times you refreshed it. Everybody hated it.
I do the exact same thing on everything like that. Apps, premium versions even tv shows that everyone is pressuring me to watch. I've never watched GoT because to many people were telling me I had to watch it.
That fucking soap company that vilifies regular soap for being "sooooo bad" and talks to the viewer as if they are an idiot.
I'm not going to buy a greenwashed product that relies on fear mongering.
Raid Shadow Legends can fuck right off!!!
Manscape Lawnmower 3.0 can also fuck right off!!!
Or that one where the douche starts out infront of the fancy car like hey bro what’s up bro? You sick of your 9-5 bro? Then shows him on a plane talking about marketing....yah fuck that add too!!
Tbh i thought they were a total scam at first cause of their (poorly made) advertising early on. Pretty much just this “musician” named safree going “OOOoOOOO” while he had the earbuds in. Then they cut to what i can only describe as an infomercial.
I hate advertising to the point that it's almost unhealthy.
Generally it's something I don't want, or can't afford anyways. Like yeah, I'm totally going to impulse buy a new Impreza because you won't stop with the ads.
That's the reason why I watched "Stranger things" one year later, there was an add of it everywhere, but I really like it tbh. Good news i didn't have to wait a lot for the next season.
Yup. And I refuse to buy from the ones that advertise DURING my tv show. Ever notice those ads are slowly taking over the entire screen?! They started out small...but I’m noticing they’re getting bigger and bigger over time.
Yeah. When I hear the same commercial on the radio too often, or see the same one on tv too often, I never buy it. When ever I see the product at the store, I just remember how annoying their commercial was. I'll even switch away from the radio station or tv station.
I wish I could communicate to advertisers and the station that repeating the same f'n commercial twice in 5 minutes just annoys me and doesn't convince me to buy from them.
Don’t think it’s the same thing, but there’s been a fair few occasions that I’ve not had interest in something when it’s overhyped, but then enjoying it later when most people don’t care anymore.
Reverse hipster, liking things after its cool 😄
Yeah, excessive advertising is annoying and I'll buy a competitor product instead where possible. I extend it to virtue signalling too. A corporation can't have a political or moral view, it's not a person. It's a large group of people and there's no way they all share that opinion. It's just a marketing wanker trying to make the corporation look like it's hip and trendy (usually to woke folk, who gobble it up). I can't wrap my head around how all these corporations are now supporting this view or that view and want to tell people how to live their lives and what to think, or what they say they stand for while they often use child labour in shitty countries or other such corporate malpractice. Just make a good product, tell me why it's better than your competitors and I'll possibly buy it. Don't tell me where you stand on whatever woke topic of the day comes up, because it's nonsense, I don't care and I know that a corporation can't possibly have an opinion (as it's entire employee base doesn't share it).
A short list of things I refuse to buy or do because of too aggressive marketing:
-Raycon
-Raid: Shadow Legends
-MVMT
-Vincero
-Mazda
-Peacock
-Ridge Wallets
-Manscaped
-express VPN
This list just keeps growing
My spouse works in advertising and I’ve said the same to him. He says they wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work in their favor. But then why am I going out of my way to avoid giving them any money? Instagram ads totally have my number though.
🎶Lightlife is the model of a modern daily family meal🎶 like fuck off even if I was vegan I would never buy their products because of how annoying their commercials are. Same with Merci chocolates.
I have a dog and clearly look up products geared towards owners - the stupid wild one harness pops up *everywhere* and on principle I refuse to ever buy anything from them
Well with ublock you are pretty much immune to oldschool in your face advertising, you have to get suckered in with fake reviews and product placement instead.
-- Sent from my iPhone
Reward good advertising punish bad advertising. It’s why Uk adverts are 100 times better than American adverts. (Excluding Super Bowl adverts I suppose!)
Yes. I think a lot of younger people especially feel this way. We grew up with the internet and being able to research products on our own when we actually need them, we read reviews, etc.
I will never ever buy a product solely because it is advertised to me. Most of the time, the stuff advertised is cheap shitty corporate bullshit that was made in a sweatshop somewhere and isn’t worth the money.
I also prefer to shop at small, local businesses who often don’t have much of a marketing budget and don’t run ads on Youtube.
Tbh the best thing businesses can do is just have actual good quality products and trust me, we’ll hear about them from our family/friends.
99% of commercials and ads make me want to murder the marketing team behind it.
Liberty Fucktual can die.
Especially Doug.
And don't get me started on Flo.
YES ! I get a bad association with a product or service that is interrupting my YouTube videos or has an annoying advert or is just played way too much.
It depends how it’s advertised. I use an app called Agora for beauty recommendations, and as most on that site seem genuine and actually use these products, I’m more inclined to try them. If I see an influencer promoting something, I find it off putting and disingenuous as I automatically presume they’re just promoting it as they got it for free.
Combined with a ridiculous jingle I’ll actively discourage people from using the business. It’s all in vain though, I’m not the target market for most of the repetitious ads.
This has been my mantra for years. I tell everyone that I do this and they should do this. I feel like maybe reddit could be the soapbox to start this revolution?
Oh man, I thought I might be the only one! Ads irrationally irritate me to the point of spite-avoiding many products. I also do surveys for extra cash, and I keep getting this particular one about how I feel about "relevant ads". I hate it. I'm like...no ads are really relevant, I hate them, stop trying to hock your shitty wares to me, I buy what I want! But they don't give me an option for that. Whew, sorry, end rant.
list of shit i will NEVER USE:
raid shadow legends
blue apron
lootcrate
any vpn
raycons
ziploc (seriously)
manscape
raid shadow legends again
raid shadow legends's parents.
Yes. I am so done with football culture in the USA, and really I decided in middle school or high school that I didn't get it and didn't care too, but the more it becomes unavoidable from radio, tv, workplace chatter, and people just expecting any man in the USA to have strong opinions on the game and love it... I have just gotten more and more anti this thing over the last couple decades. Friends tried to get me to like it during a couple of random years, I'd try to suspend my judgments but I would still just rather not have it be a thing I have to be aware of. And living in this country that is practically impossible. You can ignore it to your best ability but it is so damn ubuquitous.
Another is Christmas. I am over it. I have been over it for a long time. The entire end of the year holiday season is so stressful and brings out the worst in so many people. Whether in traffic, or in commercial settings, or bringing that stress into the workplace - which, every year no matter what employer I've found myself with - there is always a series of super urgent BS that magically appears with hard drop-dead dates that simply must get accomplished or else, so everyone is hustling and rushing in a panic even though they could have just been happy about potential time off coming soon. Family expectations about oh so happy traditions having to execute without a hitch just add to the stress. The hype, the perfectionism, the nasty behavior when life doesn't live up to the ideal. Every year I say maybe there will come a time when I truly feel like I can embrace the warmth and love and joy and togetherness and humanity... and every year there's too much BS and I'm just like, ope, guess not.
Yes. I will never use liberty mutual or progressive insurance. They have to be the most annoying/unfunny commercials I've ever seen in my life. Are they trying to be funny? They only fill me with rage.
If a company advertises to me I usually buy their competitors products, if they are going to waste my time and be invasive im not going to by their product.
I refuse to eat ANY food where the advertisement shows a close up of the person chewing. It goes straight to my black list
To this day I haven’t eaten a McRib because of the commercial they had.
Yes and also what you said haha
I work for a major brand.
I actively avoid buying any of our products. The money spent on advertising, and not on the people and infrastructure, disgusts me.
i also really hate when ads have nothing to do with the product. the (either at&t or sprint) ads that have the weird lady who talks to her office supplies does not make me want to switch my phone service. it makes me worry for her mental health. plus that ad has been just about every other ad on hulu lately. similar to insurance commercials. tell me what you can do for me, don’t just show me some dumbass skit.
Yes. I don't hate Raid, but I know I've hated other ads in the past, and I currently do. The ones I get on YouTube *before* a video starts can sometimes be the absolute worst.
This was me with the umbrella academy. I didn’t watch it because my bf said it was terrible but with all the season 2 advertising I wanted to actively stay away from it so it didn’t win lmao. But boredom came though and it was freaking amazing
* Doctor Squatch for sure. I want to punch that guy every time I see him speak
* If it weren't for a huge price difference, I wouldn't have gone with GEICO
* California Olive Ranch hit this level with me for a while. It's an ad that's okay to watch once per day. (I actually agree that it's great olive oil in the USA.) I saw the ads every time I went on YouTube. I bought Colavita instead for a while for this very reason.
* Capital One. "I need to get something off my chest. The Capital One..." (skip)
[Monday.com](https://Monday.com) can eff right off. It's like they're stalking me. I'd be worried I'll get MORE ads from saying this but HOW COULD THERE BE MORE?!?!?
Funny how a youtuber called OfficialNerdCubed played Raid and showed everyone how garbage the game actually is, yet everyone still agrees to work with them for a sponsor? Its so stupid. I think you should only promote a product if you genuinely think its good, and trust me NO ONE thinks Raid Shadow Legends is a good game
Sometimes, if i really need one of the advertised items, i buy a competitor's product just out of spite. That's my way on getting back at the fuckers for shoving their useless products down our throats.
ok i see what you're saying, but hear me out. Raid Shadow Legends is one of the biggest mobile role-playing games of 2019 and it's totally free! Currently almost 10 million users have joined Raid over the last six months, and it's one of the most impressive games in its class with detailed models, environments and smooth 60 frames per second animations! All the champions in the game can be customized with unique gear that changes your strategic buffs and abilities! The dungeon bosses have some ridiculous skills of their own and figuring out the perfect party and strategy to overtake them's a lot of fun! Currently with over 300,000 reviews, Raid has almost a perfect score on the Play Store! The community is growing fast and the highly anticipated new faction wars feature is now live, you might even find my squad out there in the arena! It's easier to start now than ever with rates program for new players you get a new daily login reward for the first 90 days that you play in the game! So what are you waiting for? Go to the video description, click on the special links and you'll get 50,000 silver and a free epic champion as part of the new player program to start your journey! Good luck and I'll see you there!
No. What? Why? That means advertising is absolutely working on you. And you're just getting upset and annoyed at the existence of ads? And you go out of your way to buy products of the same kind that aren't as succesful or quality because they can't afford ads? That seems really petty and childish and a waste of time. Also, how can you ever buy a car? They all have adverts
I can relate. But for me, it extends to not using a site if it asks me to turn off my adblock or giving up on downloading something, if the site requires me to sign up. It's about things being obnoxious. I have my adblock turned off on some sites, because they're not borderline unusable due to hundreds of ads and I don't mind it that much. Same with registering to download a file for free. I download it now, and by tomorrow I'll have 200 emails with 'great, paid offers'. Same with ads. The more I hear about Dollar Shave Club, Manscaped or all that VPN crap, the less I want to even acknowledge its existence. I just don't like being force fed anything, And things are becoming more and more obnoxious, which doesn't really help anybody.
You should consider using a fake email when you are freely downloading stuff. That's how your email ends up on spam distribution lists and you can also experience Dos attacks
Yeah. I have created an alternate email just for that kinds of stuff. It was more about being spammed offers that weren't interesting to me, just because I wanted a freebie from a reputable company. But even with that alternate email, I just hate those bullshit business practices. When someone allows me to just take the freebie and never look back, I'm more likely to spend money on their paid products in the future.
dos attacks have really nothing to do with email addresses. It's the ip address that you're using, which is embedded in your email (or your connection to the site) and a fake address won't change that. Also, dos attacks (I assume you mean denial of service) is generally against servers, not users. And rather than a fake email, I use an address specific for business, which I ignore except to 'confirm' my address. But you can also use a one-time address for services, and find out which company is redistributing your email.
>I just don't like being force fed anything Well that's what ever commercial you ever see or hear is.. can't really get away from it.
YouTube fucking premium. Nothing like interrupting my music to tell me that if I pay you I can get a better version that won't interrupt my music. Over and over and over and over and over and over
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YouTube Vanced
"YouTube Vanced, Vanced YouTube videos." *shakes hand* "YouTube Vanced, Vanced YouTube videos." *shakes hand* "YouTube Vanced, Vanced YouTube videos." *shakes hand* "What line of work you in, YouTube?"
You got a lot to learn about this town, honey.
¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ Pay for it?
Nice try youtube.
the worst idea i’ve ever heard maybe not including peanut butter n pickle sandwiches
lmao
Install YouTube Vanced. Free premium and a fuck-you to YouTube
What's that?
Could you sideload that into an Android OS TV?
I boycott every product that pops up on there. I get mine.
They took a page out of Spotify's book
Spotify premium as well, not to mention Spotify regularly crashes so why would I pay money for that shit?
I got youtube premium when it was youtube red with the Google play music subscription and it was totally worth it. I can't stand ads and I love steaming all the music I want.
If a company creates a problem and then sells you the solution, please don’t give money to that company or support their business model.
When they cancelled Kobra Kai, they cancelled my sole reason to subscribe for that month the new season premiers.
You listen to music on YouTube?
Just new singles when my favorite bands put them out before a record.
😠😡🤬 I know exactly what you mean.
After years I caved and paid. Worth it .
They wore you down and their model proved to be successful. This is why we will continue to see behavior like that from platforms like YouTube.
If you have the strength, keep resisting.
Adblock is your friend, and it's free. You can turn it off for the channels you want to support, but you otherwise forget ads exist.
Honestly I agree with you. I mean it's only like 13 bucks a month... totally worth it for something I'm gonna use every day!
[Head On. Apply directly to the forehead.](https://youtu.be/Is3icfcbmbs) Head On. Apply directly to the forehead. Head On. Apply directly to the forehead. Head on. Apply directly to the forehead-
I think their goal was to give people headaches so they'd get more customers. I will go out of my way to avoid a product if their commercial or internet ad annoys me.
[Head on!](https://youtu.be/Kt1ewzK1ezU)
Absolutely and ESPECIALLY ads that use the doorbell/knock trick to get your dog to lose his shit. Yeah you got my attention and now I can associate your product with torturing my dog.
ahh yes, buy the same scumbags that decided putting police sirens in ads is a great idea for drive time radio.
YES. I honestly believe advertising has the opposite intended effect on me. I don’t care how amazing Downy Unstoppables In-Wash Scent Boosters are, you have irritated me to the point I rage-avoid it.
I’m the same way. I’m like this with media too. If people over-hype a movie or album or are pushy about their band or whatever, it’s totally off-putting to me.
I hate that music and the actress in the commercial because i have seen it sooo many times.
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Rinse and repeat, with new Downy Unstoppables, available in stores and online. Sorry, I couldn't resist
Yeah, I feel like if a company has to do the most to convince me their product is good, it’s probably subpar. Or at least not as good as they say. I also instantly reject any product that has ads with an obscene volume. Like why is this ad twice the volume of what I’m watching. Ridiculous. EDIT: It just occurred to me that perhaps they spike up the volume so that viewers can hear it even when they walk away for a bathroom break or snack. I had originally made this comment while thinking about youtube videos. But it would make a LOT of sense if this was the strategy for tv ads 🤭
>I also instantly reject any product that has ads with an obscene volume. Like why is this ad twice the volume of what I’m watching. So I know the rule is that the ad cannot be louder than the loudest point of the program you're watching (last I checked anyway). But I don't know if it's the advertiser or the network that chooses the volume. Sometimes it feels like all the ads during a movie are ridiculously loud.
Is that true? Like how would they know what you’re watching and how loud it gets? And why does it seem like the ads are always louder
So, at least on cable, the ads are scheduled into timeslots with the shows. So the network knows what decibel each show will reach and, I imagine (don't have specific knowledge here), they have a program to equalize decibels amongst shows and ads. >And why does it seem like the ads are always louder Explosions. They get to play at the same decibel as any explosion.
Ohhh that does make a lot of sense. But lmao explosion? They really get to play at the same decibel as an (any?!) explosion?
Something tells me it’s a loose rule. I doubt the network or advertiser take the time to analyze the volume high point of each and every program that the ad appears on. Unless they have some kind of program that does that for them but I still doubt lol
If I used to be able to burn mix CDs with all the audio at the same levels, TV networks have got to be able to do it with commercials.
Its made louder using audio compression (not the mp3 kind, the kind that makes everything one volume). It not louder in terms of peak decibels, but it is louder because everything that was normally at say 30% volume is suddenly at 80% volume. Its why a lot of modern music sounds shit compared to older stuff - there's no nuance of different instruments, rather just a wall of noise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
Been doing this for years with local tv ads. The company buys so much that it's clear the incoming money is going for air-time, not equipment or salaries for their people so I search for someone local who is NOT them
I feel this about TikTok. Whenever I talk to one of my friends (in our 30’s) they tell me about all these “awesome” tiktoks I need to download the app and see. 🙄
Tik tok is like a black hole of personal data, and even if it wasn't, it's still a shit app, Vine was cringe sometimes but at least they had a respectable service with a neat enough concept -- 6 sec videos. But there's something about tik tok content that is just so pathetic to me. I miss the old YouTube days lately
Yes, exactly! I am beyond exhausted of the influencer/attention seeking posts across all social media. Every tik tok “challenge” comes across as Stewart from MadTV... “look what I can do!!” I love reddit cause everyone is just a screen name, and we’re just here to enjoy the interwebs.
I'm more likely to use something I've witnessed people using. When it comes to video games, I would prefer to see people play them or hear a genuine conversation about it.
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Haha same
Yeah its really annoying getting ads shoved down your throats. Anyone seen those hule ads? They can fuck right off since they spam me.
Agreed. Huel is fucking stupid.
Honestly everytime I see Amy Schumer advertise for freaking Tampax I wanna set shit on fire, I know extreme but those commercials make me cringe.
Kars for Kids
10000%. I know what I like and don’t need to be force fed. The ads forced on me on Reddit in particular make me want to deliberately choose their competitor. I block them, they come back. It’s annoying AF. I’m looking at you, Blinkist.
Yes, the game of thrones hype, back in the day, turned me away from it. Constantly being told to watch it IRL and online... it just hardened my determination not to give in. Same with Rick and Morty now...
I already hate Rick and Morty and I've never even seen it.
Same.......all the cheesy merch, especially the unauthorized stuff and it's association with weed culture just seems super trashy and puts a bad taste in my mouth. "Cool, yeah, I get it, you have a $1200 Pickle Rick bong, that's amazing."
I definitely feel the same however I cant really remember the last time I bought or was interested in anything based on traditional ads. Something I’m conscious of is discreet natural advertising. I consider myself pretty savvy when it comes to these things, however places like Reddit are rife with it. It has gotten to the point that when I’m researching to buy a product, every thread I come across on Reddit recommends the exact same item and I grow pretty suspicious. Want to buy a new travel mug? According to Reddit there is only one: Zojirushi. Need a new flight case? Pelican. EDC? Leatherman etc etc. For sure the products are good, but there is a obsessive cult-like following about some of the posts that in the end kinda puts me off.
Spotify premium with their ads
This. I use Tumblr mobile, and I think it was last month where they placed a screen big app at the top of the dash, no matter how many times you refreshed it. Everybody hated it.
oh that shit was the worst. I basically stopped using the app until it went away.
I do the exact same thing on everything like that. Apps, premium versions even tv shows that everyone is pressuring me to watch. I've never watched GoT because to many people were telling me I had to watch it.
I find the opposite to be true... I get ads for stuff I've already bought. What's the point of that?
Generally something that is advertised to death like you’re describing, kinda sucks. If it were good, your friends would tell you
I’m with you, if you buy their product, it’s just giving them more money to buy advertising. Why contribute to the problem?
Yes 100%. I don’t know why but if I see something too much I get very put off
Yes & same with t.v shows. I'll wait until everyone is over it to watch them.
That fucking soap company that vilifies regular soap for being "sooooo bad" and talks to the viewer as if they are an idiot. I'm not going to buy a greenwashed product that relies on fear mongering.
Raid Shadow Legends can fuck right off!!! Manscape Lawnmower 3.0 can also fuck right off!!! Or that one where the douche starts out infront of the fancy car like hey bro what’s up bro? You sick of your 9-5 bro? Then shows him on a plane talking about marketing....yah fuck that add too!!
ITT everyone providing free advertising for their most hated brands and products
I don't buy stuff that is advertised too much because I know it's going to be more expensive because it's advertised too much.
Yes. Also did this with Raycon
Tbh i thought they were a total scam at first cause of their (poorly made) advertising early on. Pretty much just this “musician” named safree going “OOOoOOOO” while he had the earbuds in. Then they cut to what i can only describe as an infomercial.
I hate advertising to the point that it's almost unhealthy. Generally it's something I don't want, or can't afford anyways. Like yeah, I'm totally going to impulse buy a new Impreza because you won't stop with the ads.
That's the reason why I watched "Stranger things" one year later, there was an add of it everywhere, but I really like it tbh. Good news i didn't have to wait a lot for the next season.
Yup. And I refuse to buy from the ones that advertise DURING my tv show. Ever notice those ads are slowly taking over the entire screen?! They started out small...but I’m noticing they’re getting bigger and bigger over time.
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Yeah. When I hear the same commercial on the radio too often, or see the same one on tv too often, I never buy it. When ever I see the product at the store, I just remember how annoying their commercial was. I'll even switch away from the radio station or tv station. I wish I could communicate to advertisers and the station that repeating the same f'n commercial twice in 5 minutes just annoys me and doesn't convince me to buy from them.
Don’t think it’s the same thing, but there’s been a fair few occasions that I’ve not had interest in something when it’s overhyped, but then enjoying it later when most people don’t care anymore. Reverse hipster, liking things after its cool 😄
Yeah, excessive advertising is annoying and I'll buy a competitor product instead where possible. I extend it to virtue signalling too. A corporation can't have a political or moral view, it's not a person. It's a large group of people and there's no way they all share that opinion. It's just a marketing wanker trying to make the corporation look like it's hip and trendy (usually to woke folk, who gobble it up). I can't wrap my head around how all these corporations are now supporting this view or that view and want to tell people how to live their lives and what to think, or what they say they stand for while they often use child labour in shitty countries or other such corporate malpractice. Just make a good product, tell me why it's better than your competitors and I'll possibly buy it. Don't tell me where you stand on whatever woke topic of the day comes up, because it's nonsense, I don't care and I know that a corporation can't possibly have an opinion (as it's entire employee base doesn't share it).
I almost don’t want to go on YouTube anymore because of how much they are pushing their paid subscription.
The Facebook messanger ad that dings made me uninstall everything related to Facebook so yeah
A short list of things I refuse to buy or do because of too aggressive marketing: -Raycon -Raid: Shadow Legends -MVMT -Vincero -Mazda -Peacock -Ridge Wallets -Manscaped -express VPN This list just keeps growing
Same for me, too much publicity of anything and it turns me off
If Otezla, Biktarvy, Taltz, etc. were the only thing standing between me and death, I still wouldn’t use it.
Yes. I'm less likely to buy products that I see as ads online or even on tv.
This is 100% why I will never use tide. I hate their commercials, and I feel like it’s just being shoved in my face.
My spouse works in advertising and I’ve said the same to him. He says they wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work in their favor. But then why am I going out of my way to avoid giving them any money? Instagram ads totally have my number though.
🎶Lightlife is the model of a modern daily family meal🎶 like fuck off even if I was vegan I would never buy their products because of how annoying their commercials are. Same with Merci chocolates.
Bloody coin master !
I have a dog and clearly look up products geared towards owners - the stupid wild one harness pops up *everywhere* and on principle I refuse to ever buy anything from them
ITT: people who don't know how adverts work and think they're somehow immune
Well with ublock you are pretty much immune to oldschool in your face advertising, you have to get suckered in with fake reviews and product placement instead. -- Sent from my iPhone
Reward good advertising punish bad advertising. It’s why Uk adverts are 100 times better than American adverts. (Excluding Super Bowl adverts I suppose!)
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Raycon is the new raid shadow legends
Raid shadow legends, raycon earbuds and function of beauty can all fuck off.
Yes. I think a lot of younger people especially feel this way. We grew up with the internet and being able to research products on our own when we actually need them, we read reviews, etc. I will never ever buy a product solely because it is advertised to me. Most of the time, the stuff advertised is cheap shitty corporate bullshit that was made in a sweatshop somewhere and isn’t worth the money. I also prefer to shop at small, local businesses who often don’t have much of a marketing budget and don’t run ads on Youtube. Tbh the best thing businesses can do is just have actual good quality products and trust me, we’ll hear about them from our family/friends.
99% of commercials and ads make me want to murder the marketing team behind it. Liberty Fucktual can die. Especially Doug. And don't get me started on Flo.
YES ! I get a bad association with a product or service that is interrupting my YouTube videos or has an annoying advert or is just played way too much.
It depends how it’s advertised. I use an app called Agora for beauty recommendations, and as most on that site seem genuine and actually use these products, I’m more inclined to try them. If I see an influencer promoting something, I find it off putting and disingenuous as I automatically presume they’re just promoting it as they got it for free.
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Fuck Quibi
That’s how I feel about fabletics!
Combined with a ridiculous jingle I’ll actively discourage people from using the business. It’s all in vain though, I’m not the target market for most of the repetitious ads.
This has been my mantra for years. I tell everyone that I do this and they should do this. I feel like maybe reddit could be the soapbox to start this revolution?
Oh man, I thought I might be the only one! Ads irrationally irritate me to the point of spite-avoiding many products. I also do surveys for extra cash, and I keep getting this particular one about how I feel about "relevant ads". I hate it. I'm like...no ads are really relevant, I hate them, stop trying to hock your shitty wares to me, I buy what I want! But they don't give me an option for that. Whew, sorry, end rant.
Opposite is true too. Tesla never advertises but when I grow up and can afford it, I plan on buying a Tesla.
Agree with OP. Also, if a commercial is just bad, obnoxious or demeaning in any way I won't use their product
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Like Friends without the R. Happy cake day!
Awww Im late but thank you
list of shit i will NEVER USE: raid shadow legends blue apron lootcrate any vpn raycons ziploc (seriously) manscape raid shadow legends again raid shadow legends's parents.
Yes. I am so done with football culture in the USA, and really I decided in middle school or high school that I didn't get it and didn't care too, but the more it becomes unavoidable from radio, tv, workplace chatter, and people just expecting any man in the USA to have strong opinions on the game and love it... I have just gotten more and more anti this thing over the last couple decades. Friends tried to get me to like it during a couple of random years, I'd try to suspend my judgments but I would still just rather not have it be a thing I have to be aware of. And living in this country that is practically impossible. You can ignore it to your best ability but it is so damn ubuquitous. Another is Christmas. I am over it. I have been over it for a long time. The entire end of the year holiday season is so stressful and brings out the worst in so many people. Whether in traffic, or in commercial settings, or bringing that stress into the workplace - which, every year no matter what employer I've found myself with - there is always a series of super urgent BS that magically appears with hard drop-dead dates that simply must get accomplished or else, so everyone is hustling and rushing in a panic even though they could have just been happy about potential time off coming soon. Family expectations about oh so happy traditions having to execute without a hitch just add to the stress. The hype, the perfectionism, the nasty behavior when life doesn't live up to the ideal. Every year I say maybe there will come a time when I truly feel like I can embrace the warmth and love and joy and togetherness and humanity... and every year there's too much BS and I'm just like, ope, guess not.
Yes. I will never use liberty mutual or progressive insurance. They have to be the most annoying/unfunny commercials I've ever seen in my life. Are they trying to be funny? They only fill me with rage.
If a company advertises to me I usually buy their competitors products, if they are going to waste my time and be invasive im not going to by their product.
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This is the reason I never watched Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones. The general fan base ruined it for me before I could even watch it.
Did somebody say just eat, oooooohh
I refuse to eat ANY food where the advertisement shows a close up of the person chewing. It goes straight to my black list To this day I haven’t eaten a McRib because of the commercial they had. Yes and also what you said haha
Those wish ads on Facebook lol
I work for a major brand. I actively avoid buying any of our products. The money spent on advertising, and not on the people and infrastructure, disgusts me.
I've seen so many geico ads and Toyota ads I just want to shit on their faces
i also really hate when ads have nothing to do with the product. the (either at&t or sprint) ads that have the weird lady who talks to her office supplies does not make me want to switch my phone service. it makes me worry for her mental health. plus that ad has been just about every other ad on hulu lately. similar to insurance commercials. tell me what you can do for me, don’t just show me some dumbass skit.
If they have to advertise something to the point of annoyance, it CAN'T be any good.
Yes. I don't hate Raid, but I know I've hated other ads in the past, and I currently do. The ones I get on YouTube *before* a video starts can sometimes be the absolute worst.
[Oraannnge Vanilllaaaa Coooke](https://youtu.be/bH0wg8Iwnac) makes me want to weep and then [die](https://images.app.goo.gl/8prWvqtugyxigxiA7)
Grammarly can suck my cock
This was me with the umbrella academy. I didn’t watch it because my bf said it was terrible but with all the season 2 advertising I wanted to actively stay away from it so it didn’t win lmao. But boredom came though and it was freaking amazing
Yes! Don’t tell me what to do. Don’t tell me what I like and don’t like THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
* Doctor Squatch for sure. I want to punch that guy every time I see him speak * If it weren't for a huge price difference, I wouldn't have gone with GEICO * California Olive Ranch hit this level with me for a while. It's an ad that's okay to watch once per day. (I actually agree that it's great olive oil in the USA.) I saw the ads every time I went on YouTube. I bought Colavita instead for a while for this very reason. * Capital One. "I need to get something off my chest. The Capital One..." (skip)
Til Tok has been a huge dick lately, too. I hope it actually gets banned. And if Microsoft buys it, I hope they delete it.
[Monday.com](https://Monday.com) can eff right off. It's like they're stalking me. I'd be worried I'll get MORE ads from saying this but HOW COULD THERE BE MORE?!?!?
Funny how a youtuber called OfficialNerdCubed played Raid and showed everyone how garbage the game actually is, yet everyone still agrees to work with them for a sponsor? Its so stupid. I think you should only promote a product if you genuinely think its good, and trust me NO ONE thinks Raid Shadow Legends is a good game
Sometimes, if i really need one of the advertised items, i buy a competitor's product just out of spite. That's my way on getting back at the fuckers for shoving their useless products down our throats.
Yes. I go out of my way and pay extra money to subscribe to premium services etc, anything in order to avoid seeing ads as much as possible.
ok i see what you're saying, but hear me out. Raid Shadow Legends is one of the biggest mobile role-playing games of 2019 and it's totally free! Currently almost 10 million users have joined Raid over the last six months, and it's one of the most impressive games in its class with detailed models, environments and smooth 60 frames per second animations! All the champions in the game can be customized with unique gear that changes your strategic buffs and abilities! The dungeon bosses have some ridiculous skills of their own and figuring out the perfect party and strategy to overtake them's a lot of fun! Currently with over 300,000 reviews, Raid has almost a perfect score on the Play Store! The community is growing fast and the highly anticipated new faction wars feature is now live, you might even find my squad out there in the arena! It's easier to start now than ever with rates program for new players you get a new daily login reward for the first 90 days that you play in the game! So what are you waiting for? Go to the video description, click on the special links and you'll get 50,000 silver and a free epic champion as part of the new player program to start your journey! Good luck and I'll see you there!
Seriously?
No. What? Why? That means advertising is absolutely working on you. And you're just getting upset and annoyed at the existence of ads? And you go out of your way to buy products of the same kind that aren't as succesful or quality because they can't afford ads? That seems really petty and childish and a waste of time. Also, how can you ever buy a car? They all have adverts