There's a psychological phenomenon around this but I forget the name for it. But yes, there's evidence that seeing someone play poorly, and thinking "oh that's easy I could do that" actually does motivate you to want to do it. Like a weird "prove I'm better" self ego stroke sort of thing. And these ads very much are intentionally playing into that.
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