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There's also ad effectiveness to toss more variables into the mix. There's also the huge difference in the amount of possible content and time slots for a youtube vs a TV ad. There's a very limited amount of commercial time available in primetime popular shows vs the huge number of videos uploaded each day to youtube.

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I jist wish I could tell youtube "I've seen this ad more than 200 times. I am well aware that if I ever want to lose a bunch of money and feel shitty about myself, I can download Trading212. Please sell me different things."

Then again, I can't convince gmail that I'm not interested in local singles, despite the fact that 70% of my emails are sent to another gmail user that I share bunches of calendar events with.

If you're logged in, you can blacklist specific topics on Google's Ad Settings page[0] quite easily (you can also turn off tailored ads completely).

https://www.google.com/settings/ads/

So the ad has worked, in that it has raised awareness and you know of the product.

For the record I do find those annoying, but I often let them roll so the content creator gets that cash.

What I do find annoying are the really long ads, ones that are several minutes long and are played before a short several minute video.

Sure, but the opportunity cost of making me aware of a product repeatedly seems pretty high. I wish I could make the ads more targeted.

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