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[โ€“] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 day ago

That overprized trash gets flung into everyone's faces with ads constantly and is placed at eye level in optimal shelf locations so you see it first and can grab it the easiest. It's placed at the counters when you have to wait (in overpriced small / singular packages), and if the advertising machine detects you might be perceptible to being convinced into buying it (e.g. through analysis of your previous purchases collected by the payback program or store itself together with your social media posts showing you're sad or depressed) you'll receive tailored ads at the right moment via Smartphone, websites, Music streaming service and (soon) car infotainment + "smart" camera-enabled digital ad screens in public.

Don't blame people for being manipulated by the manipulation machine, none of us is safe against it. Our resources for full awareness are sucked dry and monetized until we're tired and defenseless; and at that point you can't blame anyone who just wants to buy something that makes them a littlr bit more happy and less tired. Of course everyone ultimately has free will, but in the dystopia we live in that free will requires phenomenal energy to truly act on.

Smash the system, not everyone else's desire to feel happy. ๐Ÿ™‚