A psychological trick that works so great that it made a lot of services exist in the first place like the whole of YouTube. And now we're kinda addicted to those too.

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Exactly. I hate when things say FREE!* (*With Ads), because you ARE paying for it. With your PRECIOUS TIME

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

With your PRECIOUS TIME

That's the least of it! What's worse is that you're paying with your MENTAL HEALTH, because by their nature, ads are designed to make you feel like something is wrong with your life (and that buying the product can fix it).

https://hbr.org/2020/01/advertising-makes-us-unhappy

https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/adding-to-the-problem-advertising-and-mental-health/

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/advertisings-toxic-effect-on-eating-and-body-image/

https://adfreecities.org.uk/what-we-do/advertising-mental-health/

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you! I was always morally opposed to ads. Glad to have another great reason to shun them

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

My time is basically worthless when I'm watching YouTube