• Flying Squid
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    12 months ago

    One of the reasons I’m on Lemmy is the lack of advertising.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      You’ll never escape the ads - never! We’ll get you in your sleep! We’ll paint billboards on the insides of your eyelids!

      • Flying Squid
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        02 months ago

        Ah yes, Nostalgia. Brought to you by Vans™®.

        • @hyperreal
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          2 months ago

          Should Warped Tour not be a thing simply because Vans runs it?

          • Flying Squid
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            2 months ago

            I didn’t say it shouldn’t be a thing. Nor would I.

            I don’t even know how you got from “this is advertising on Lemmy and I don’t like seeing advertising on Lemmy” to “this shouldn’t be a thing at all.”

            • @hyperreal
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              02 months ago

              Where is the advertising? I read the article more about a tour rather than an ad op for Vans

              • Flying Squid
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                22 months ago

                You realize that the tour is a money-making venture and that you would not have known about that money-making venture if not for this article, yes?

                That’s advertising.

                • @hyperreal
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                  02 months ago

                  Can’t remember the last concert I went to that wasn’t a money making venture and wasn’t advertised for me to hear about it somehow.

                  Sure, Vans undoubtedly benefits from exposure. But so do music fans who want to see they favorite bands, and the bands that tour to make money.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    2 months ago

                    And that’s fine.

                    But it isn’t news.

                    Do you really want c/news to have endless tour announcements?