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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why and how do YouTube ads work for the respective companies, since everyone seems to hate them?
gpt
It's about seeing them. You don't have to have an opinion on them. What companies are trying to do is getting you "familiar" with the brand or product. The more you see it the greater possibility you will choose their brand or product on the off-chance you need or want something like that. It's a physiology thing. If you see a bunch of papa John's adds (even if you genuinely loath them), the next time you think about getting pizza papa John's will pop into your head regardless of whether or not you like their pizza or adds or either of them. It's a way to capture market share by forcing people's brains to associate pizza with papa John's by that familiarity.