I am off cable TV for a while (decade maybe) now, so I haven't seen TV ads for a long time. Prime Video ruined that peace by adding ads. At first it was almost interesting to see the ads, some break from the serious drama in the series/movie I was watching, and it gives a break to get water or take a bio break.

But soon after that I realized that these ads were making me think about the product categories that I had not thought of before. I would catch myself going to Amazon and looking for a product category. Thankfully, I realized this behaviour soon enough that now I have stopped getting triggered to search for the products in Amazon.

Anyways, the point is I never believed (or never gave it so much thought before) that ads can actually influence my thinking or sell me something that I didn't want. Now I do!