In terms of cost of an ad to earnings, and how well, even a targeted ad, can hold a viewer’s attention. Have we just become numb to ads? Does targeted advertising actually yield better results?
For me not at all. I’m old enough to research & shop for what I need rather than impulse buy. Tech wise I
dontvery rarely see any ads at all thanks to strong ad blocking & general privacy consciousness. I try to stick to open source only & fediverse is the only social media I use. For YouTube I never sign in to so I’m not affected by the algorithm & never see ads on it ever (channels I like are in a Joplin note synced between devices). Broadcast TV is recorded via HTPC & ads stripped before episodes are fed into Jellyfin.I dont “get” influencers. Even back in the day I used to ask why celebrities always put their name to perfume/aftershave as I’d only buy what I liked the smell of regardless of the brand/name.
Yeah, I know I’m an outlier, even my mates take the piss.
Have we just become numb to ads?
Online I use multiple browser extensions and settings to avoid showing ads. In the offline world there is no way to avoid them but I think I pretty much can ignore them.
I also intentionally do not buy anything I remember seeing an ad for.
