• @[email protected]
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    601 year ago

    This patent is borderline “there are 4 lights” shit. What’s to stop the ‘passcode’ from being “I sure am hungry, let’s get mcdonald’s” and pavloving the general population?

    • Neato
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      651 year ago

      That’s absolutely the point. The goal of most marketing is to worm into everyone’s brains so when they think of a need, the product is their default. This doubles down on that by trying to generate a need through action.

    • @Touching_Grass
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      1 year ago

      How’s this different than a podcast with ads every twenty minutes or ads before your favorite Mr.beast video

      • @InternetCitizen2OP
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        21 year ago

        Its not. Tho it is more naked about its intentions. You could say current ads say “we exist” rather than psy op hypnotoad “buy this”.

        • @Touching_Grass
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          21 year ago

          I feel like many don’t announce themselves though. I’ve seen so many viral videos that were secret ads. So you’re forced to watch 3 minutes of ads before finally watching the video everyone is talking about and its fake as shit but happens to keep the product in frame and perfectly facing the camera.

          • @Moghul
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            11 year ago

            Product placement has been a thing for a long time. If your favorite youtuber only wears one hat, or always wears the same shoes or something, that’s part of it too. On TV I believe they have to have a disclaimer that there’s product placement.

            • @Touching_Grass
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              11 year ago

              We should have kept it of the internet. We had a valid shot of keeping those scum bags out of this new media. Now were paying the price.

              • @Moghul
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                11 year ago

                There was nothing anyone could do. Your youtuber could’ve not sold out but they did, because it’s easy, and it doesn’t alter their work too much, and they don’t care if you buy it or not.

                • @Touching_Grass
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                  21 year ago

                  We could have set the culture up to be hostile towards the encroachment of this stuff. That’s what we do control. Spread the memes. Make the content and share the channels and sites that point out the sell outs. We all could have pointed out this stuff earlier and actually been hostile towards it. We all should and still should reject and be hostile towards any kind of advertising. This stuff is fucking everywhere.

                  If you take a step back and consider how much of your life is someone trying to sell you something its just insanity that we’ve let it get this far and nobody has put a fight up against it. Hell we only get like 4 fucking hours a night of free time and if I’m giving away 2 to commercials and advertising then fuck me what the hell am I doing. We all deserve entertainment to relax in accosted by someone trying to hawk their bullshit.