I've been informed that adblock plus sort of sucks now. If you're looking for one, go for UBlock Origin.
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Honestly I never understood why ads try so hard to be annoying like I just don't see how that is more profitable than making a ad that simply makes your product look good somehow they must be working as they are so prominent but I still just don't get it
The bane of marketing.
Somewhere, some metric told them that they don't need to make good ads that explain the product. They only need to be as annoying as possible to garner attention, and put their branding on the end to be remembered.
Marketing is about hacking your brain in order to sell you products you do not need. It is horrible and should be banned entirely.
A diamond store in Canada has horrible ads with a man screaming in them. (all Canadians know who I am talking about already) I turn their ads off or switch radio stations when I hear them. If I was going to buy diamond jewellery I would go out of my way to buy from the store that is the furthest away from any of there stores even if it cost more. I would buy any mineral other than diamonds though.
I'm sad to say that those advertisements worked on me. When a young man needs to buy an engagement ring, name recognition, albeit in a negative light, got me to spend money with them. I just went to the first place that popped in my head.