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This annoys me too, because I dislike ads, but to be fair, newspapers and magazines have always had ads as their primary revenue source, and also almost always charged for the print copy as well. I will NEVER buy the products that they are advertising even if it did fit my personality or needs. As it stands, I get bombarded with so much unwanted things that I actively hate the things they spew at me. If they were better at their job I wouldn't even know they existed.

The Ad companies are really doing this to themselves. So, I'm forced into blocking everything I can, whenever and wherever I can.

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Yet, YouTube is chock full of Truck, Beer, and Football commercials I guess just because I'm a middle aged man and that's what 'we' like. I was really hopeful that Google, with all of their knowledge about me (and they have a TON of it!) would be able to target advertisements that I might like. The same truck commercial 100 times? Nope. Most of the things shoved into my face are something that I would NEVER purchase or recommend to others. The problem is that I (almost) never get these ads. A valentines idea for my wife? Yes, please!

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A new keyboard or update for my car? Yes, please. However, there are some things that I want to be told about or update on. I use Ublock Origin (and others) everywhere I can and it's great. You know, I don't mind advertisements that are really targeted and would enrich my life in some way. But the advertisement needs to be providing entertainment value on its own. Some of the products I actually use and like the best also have the best (in terms of entertainment) marketing - if someone can make me laugh with a 10 second video AND show off a well designed product at the same time then I generally take that as a positive. You could choose to dedicate 0 of your time or X amount of minutes. What I am envisioning is basically something like an app or channel you might willing give some type of inputs (say, for example, you are looking for a new car - you could input some data about your preferences) and then advertisers would have to compete to show off the best product. Instead of companies trying to trick you into clicking their advertisement they would need to create compelling and entertaining advertisements for stuff you might actually want. I think a much healthier relationship would be a system where you can choose to dedicate some of your time and preferences to marketing. I don't think it is marketing as a concept that is the problem - it is that we are forced to have it everywhere.

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