Comment by kstrauser

Exactly! Ad companies literally pay psychologists to convince people to buy stuff they don't need. Everyone loves to say "those tricks don't work on me!", but the reality is that they absolutely do. You see an ad for Coke a thousand times, and you're at the store and thirsty, hey, there's a refrigerator full of Coke and I haven't had one in a while...

I'm certain a company could convince me to buy a new mechanical keyboard or nice mouse or some app I don't need but that looks pretty cool. That kind of targeting might just separate me from my money. On the other hand, no one's ever going to convince me to buy any brand of tampons.