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Dev teams too big and too much spent on marketing.
Dev teams to big? Then we need bigger and better layoffs
Unfortunately, data shows that people prefer to be advertised to over receiving a better product.
I think the data shows that advertisement is super effective, not that people prefer to be advertised. If people preferred advertising over a better product then games like Balatro, Vampire Survivors etc. literally couldn't be successful, because those games had effectively zero marketing budget. Their success came from word-of-mouth because the game itself was great.
Not so much a preference, more how the human brain work.
Humans prefer what they know, so they will choose a brand that they've seen on TV over an unknown brand.