I mean, yeah. I like buying stuff from Instagram ads. but outside of…well, basically everything outside of Instagram… I try to block all the random stalker cookies because I don’t think they’re actually delivering anything better to me, just to the people who think slurping up my data will help them sell me, like, insurance for a car I don’t own.
there’s an aspect of that that’s fair, but when it comes to “aghghgh gotta buy Christmas presents” I think a lot of people have a tendency to take the path of least resistance, which ends up (for me) putting money in the pockets of Evil Big Box. when I can see random Etsy sellers have things that would work that I wouldn’t have thought to look for, that can be good. but then at the same time, probably my experience with Insta ads isn’t everyone’s.
I mean, yeah. I like buying stuff from Instagram ads. but outside of…well, basically everything outside of Instagram… I try to block all the random stalker cookies because I don’t think they’re actually delivering anything better to me, just to the people who think slurping up my data will help them sell me, like, insurance for a car I don’t own.
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there’s an aspect of that that’s fair, but when it comes to “aghghgh gotta buy Christmas presents” I think a lot of people have a tendency to take the path of least resistance, which ends up (for me) putting money in the pockets of Evil Big Box. when I can see random Etsy sellers have things that would work that I wouldn’t have thought to look for, that can be good. but then at the same time, probably my experience with Insta ads isn’t everyone’s.