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Why ads now need tiny ads of their own

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Attention spans are so utterly ruined that advertisements now need advertisements. Marketers actively edit rapid-fire, three-second summary trailers at the very beginning of a two-minute promotional video just to convince your dopamine-starved brain to actually stick around and watch the full commercial.

Why ads now need tiny ads of their own
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