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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does anyone in the thread have actual info to back this up?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This doesn't meet the bar you want, but my marketing professor called the .99 idea the single greatest thing to come out of marketing in a century.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Sounds about right.

Marketing hasn't done anything positive for humanity. It is all just to manipulate people into buying shit they don't need. It is the main driver for the overconsumption.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You should be able to find various tests and studies of this phenomenon on Google

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

It's a yes but find it yourself