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mp3 ,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

Asking me to give them profit so that they can donate is so obviously pretentious.

It’s a way for them to have their cake and eat it too.

They use the desire of people to buy something they want and think they did a good thing at the same time, while the business will just take that money to donate to a non-profit (helping their public image) while writing off a part of it on their tax records (helping their bottom line).

They’re not doing this from the bottom of their heart, it’s just a cost of doing business for gaining some PR karma.

atrielienz ,

The thing is, if I want something I’ll go looking for it. At the point where I’m looking for it or something like it, I am happy to consume ads even tangentially related to that thing. If analytics marketing worked this way (showing me relevant ads when I’m shopping for something, even if it’s for something I am not actively looking for), things would be better. But ads have worked their way into the cracks of everything and that’s my problem with them.

I hate Billboards. I don’t like circulars (waste of paper and generally too much trash), I hate junk mail and I think it’s predatory. Popups (singing, flashing, scrolling when I scroll to stay on the page, tiny exit buttons, video, etc) are garbage.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I hate Billboards.

I don’t just hate them, but I’d straight up make them illegal. At least next to roads. They are specifically meant to get the attention of drivers. How can that be allowed?

atrielienz ,

If we used billboards for something like missing children or traffic announcements etc I’d be okay with that. But pretty much no actual ads for products. Billboards are a driving distraction and I don’t approve.

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

I am okay with some billboards that advertise services that are relevant to motorists, such as fuel, food or lodging near the road.

subtext ,

I think Washington state has outlawed them except for things like safety signs and I think that’s great.

This is from like 15 years ago, so maybe it’s not true anymore.

Pulptastic ,

I’m gonna go the other way. The only marketing I acknowledge is factual reporting of design features that make a product suitable for the intended task. Anything else is dishonest and manipulative.

Think of Chris Cooper’s character from Interstate 50. Any marketing claim must be specific, measurable, verifiable, and accurate.

unwarlikeExtortion ,

On a related note, when shops let you “donate” stuff you buy at their store to a food bank.

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

“Pay us to not let the homeless starve.”

MrFunnyMoustache ,

For me it’s branding something as “AI” as a buzzword. Almost all product marketing is full of AI hype these days.

unwarlikeExtortion ,

Honestly, I’m fine with them putting the AI sticker on everything. What I have a problem with is if by AI they mean they scrape any and all data they can get their grubby little hands on.

aaaaace ,

All of them…

notanaltaccount ,

I dislike ads that don’t indicate the functional benefits of the product and instead nake it about the product being aspirational or about my worth.

The “You’re worth getting some deliciousness” for a chocolate bar would be an example.

I’d rather know if the chocolate was ethical, the price, and sweetness level.

TwoBeeSan ,

The job of sales is the overpromise and write checks that their ass won’t have to personally cash. Anything they say is to get you to sign on the line.

Fuck em all

menixator ,

Detaching basic features from an existing free product and making people pay a subscription for it.

rolaulten ,

Aka soo.tax

Turd_Ferg ,
@Turd_Ferg@sh.itjust.works avatar

Paid streaming services that have ads in the UI (youtubetv). Amazon firesticks having ads on the UI. I actually complained to YTTV and they sent me an email explaining why there are commercial on live TV, pissed me off even more.

Raffster ,

They can fuck off, all of them. Worthless pieces of degeneration. Zero sympathy from me.

bhamlin ,

Sending my work email a calendar invite as the first communication. Just because you want to sell it doesn’t mean I want to buy it. Or even hear about it. If a calendar event is the first thing you send me, I will be the avatar of snark. My calendar is busy enough without you inserting yourself into it without my consent.

bhamlin ,

Double snark if you get upset that I didn’t accept it and reach out to find out why.

thebardingreen ,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Honestly, sometimes when I can’t sleep, watching eSports helps (especially Starcraft II). IDK why, but put on a super chill caster like Wardii and I’m out in 20 minutes.

Having some loud, disruptive ad punch through my ad blocker and try to tell me about Liberty Mutual when I’ve almost dozed off is close to the most rage inducing experience imaginable. With Youtube now working to inject adds directly into video streams, I’m actually anxious about the future of my best sleep aid.

electric_nan ,

All of them.

Empathy ,

Anything that involves deception, which unfortunately seems to be most of marketing.

I don’t mind when people just try to get their product out there, just let it be known that it exists and does X thing differently or better. I hate when they mean to deceive. Something that is intended to deceive but isn’t technically a lie is not really better than a lie, to me.

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