Is the first kind of advertising useful? It seems like there are better ways to obtain that information, like, for example a search. The benefit being that I only am presented with that information if I actually need/want cantaloups
I do appreciate the first kind. I want to know what Lidl has on offer this week, but I don't care about searching their website about specific products.
> You have cantaloupes? Oh, okay, I forgot it was the season.
> I'd be happier and more actualised if I owned your car? No, to hell with your manipulation of who I should aspire to be.
I don't feel like I'm particularly harmed by forgetting cantaloup season. I don't generally forget that products exist if my life is actually improved by them in any meaningful way.
You know what I do forget? What I was doing before you decided to "remind" me of your shit product in the middle of me trying to complete a task.
