&gt; they are ploys to manipulate viewers into buying things that they did not need until they watched that ad.<p>I have to take issue with this, sorry. You may not be fully cognizant of your needs at the time you see an ad, and what if an ad tells you something about what you <i>want</i> rather than what you &quot;need&quot;? And who are you to make that call for anyone other than yourself?