For me it is when companies/services market themselves as donating to XYZ cause if I buy their product. If they want to donate, they should have already done that with the money they have. Asking me to give them profit so that they can donate is so obviously pretentious.
I dislike the urgency thing. "4 more people looking at this, only 1 spot left".
I also hate when it when the ads follow me around every social media platform.
That's why I love it here. Thank you lemmy.
Fear of missing out, or FOMO, is one of the advertiser's most powerful tools.