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Heh. Facebook's advertising (still targeted because this decision isn't final yet) is desperately trying to sell me some shoes. The same shoes for the last 2 years.

For variation it gives me some crap ads from some online stores that are just a frontend for some Aliexpress drop shipping. The line is always the same "Unfortunately we're discontinuing $PRODUCT. Buy now to take advantage of the discount!"

I don't see what niche they're targeting with that.



That's a nice anecdote but the thousands of new, successful online brands that were built on well-targeted, cheap, Facebook advertising from ca. 2014-2020 are proof that your anecdote doesn't match everyone else's reality.




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