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Ads can only do so much subliminally. The biggest thing is getting you to know about the brand for when you want to buy that type of product. You're more primed to think of their products first. Second is triggering insecurities that make you want to buy that type of product more. In that case, you can train to resist by paying specific attention to the ad and what it's trying to do.

At this point, ads do more to make me dislike a product than make me want to use it. If it's something I found early and actually like, I know that its days are numbered and it'll go downhill thanks to corporate rot. If it's something I know nothing about, I want to avoid it and look for alternatives if I ever need that type of product. If it's something that preys on the vulnerable or is morally repugnant or is just flat out annoying, it only reinvigorates my hatred for capitalism.