I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents’ computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.
So Google’s and Meta’s main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don’t these ads feel phishy to them?
Each instance of an ad has to make a fraction of a penny, right? IDK who would pay anything more than that.
Raycon did finally get me today. I’m in the market for new earbuds. I was looking at consumer reviews and wondered why the buds I hear about ALL THE TIME from YouTubers weren’t on any list I was reading. I did NOT click on a Raycon ad, but did a websearch to find their site and a pile of review sites directly.
Turns out they’re low quality compared to similarly priced alternatives. Almost like they put a substantial amount of their money into content creator endorsements. Color me shocked.
😐 <— my not-shocked face
If you buy anything because a youtuber told you to, you’re a fucking idiot. Every time I see a sponsorship a year later it’s like “yeah you know that raid shadow legends shit? They’re an online casino for kids also they fund IDF genocide” or something of equal caliber.
Like maybe 1 in 800 sponsorships are just upstarts trying to get their foot in the market, the rest are just outright scams or evil as fuck.