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There's ads on an apple
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Fuck. Now there's an ad on my Lemmy
I'm almost positive those apples would be cheaper because they are ad supported. Right?
That's kind of amazing that this ad campaign got off the ground.
Someone in marketing had to have that idea (it's an apple for the teacher, right? So we tie it to a show about a school, see?), then sell it through the entire corporate chain for approval from the top. Then someone in graphics had to design the prototype sticker. Then someone in sales had to identify who to sell it to, make the pitch, and close the deal.
So how much new viewership can ABC hope to get from this? How much money does the apple distributor get for this? The answer to both gas to be "Not much." It seems like a lot of effort for not a lot of gain for anyone involved, except maybe the sale guy who gets a nice commission.
It just occurred to me that I probably have it backwards. ABC thought of the apple tie-in for their popular school show, and pitched apple companies until one agreed.
Welcome to my thought process.
It just occurred to me that I probably have it backwards. ABC thought of the apple tie-in for their popular school show, and pitched apple companies until one agreed.
And then after just a couple of viral internet posts about it, it is a complete success.
Abbot Elementary apple sticker ads are clever, minimally invasive and I argue that this is what advertising should be.
This is a creative, tongue in cheek ad for a comedy about school teachers. Teachers stereotypically are given apples so its related.
You cannot compare this to the Pluribus fridge ads or car infotainment ads which make no sense other than "get more eyes on it".
An ad being clever doesn’t make it okay. And it’s not even clever, it’s just a basic reference. Ads being more pervasive are disgusting. This is disgusting. Is it okay for ads to be on literally every single surface in existence as long as it’s “clever” and “not too big”? Because the scum fucks in advertising firms will literally do whatever they can to cover every surface in garbage and this is just another step in that direction.
Fuck all advertising and destroy all advertisers. They will destroy everything in their path otherwise
Subaru is selling cars during the holiday season by telling a totally unrelated story about teens with cancer who are going to die before their prom. Easily the most exploitive commercial on TV.
Kind of a philosophical question from your response: is any type of advertising OK? I don't doubt that advertisers can and will continue to pollute every inch of our lives, but in a vacuum this is basically an ideal ad. Its minimal, clever, untargeted, temporary, for a decent show, and not massively over produced or jarring. To me, those aspects make it OK and I won't complain.
However, there's simply not enough opportunities like this for advertising to exist as an ethical profession. There's no point cheering it on or "voting with your wallet", it's not possible for 90% of products to have this serendipity. But I can't say "fuck all advertising" when it does technically serve a purpose and can very occasionally be done in an ethical and interesting way. I'd rather see this specific post than the majority of banal memes on my feed.
Consensual advertising is ok. You make a website for your business that I visit because I search for or advertise in the yellow pages or whatever it is fine. I sought out information and you are listed in a directory.
The problem of course is gaming these systems. SEO and shit. Some people will pay a great deal of money to be listed first. What’s fair? Is alphabetical fair? Does that give an advantage to “Aaron”? I don’t know. But we aren’t even at the point where this is a real discussion so it doesn’t matter I guess.
Otherwise the advertising profession has consistently shown that they have no ethics whatsoever and if you give them an inroad into your thing they will overtake and destroy it. The radio, newspaper, tv, internet, outdoors, literally everything. All the privacy concerns we have online tie back to advertising fucks and government overreach.
Well said.
There will always be slop advertisements. I avoid traditional advertising by pirating or paying for an ad free version. I do still watch ads in the form of product reviews and such. There are great products that I found through advertising that I otherwise wouldn't.
There is a lot of awful advertising and I'm numb to it, my brain doesn't even register it.
The problem is bad advertising works. My job is related to the text messaging industry. We have clients that spent six figures on sending marketing messages, for every dollar they are spending on text marketing they are making 5x more in profit.
I like to think that there will be a shift in advertising towards more thoughtful placement as consumers learn to ignore but honestly I think that's my own bias. Most people are susceptible to slop advertisements and so the slop will continue.
Your job sucks fuck you
I agree. And I fucking hate ads as well as never seen that show
It's a fun show and even more fun if you've ever worked in education.
I've never seen an apple with a best buy/expiration date on it.
Give it some time and that sticker will be a detachable user manual.
Do not buy those apples.
Vote with your wallet and be loud as fuck about it
I don't like Abbott Elementary Apples anyway.
I'd rather have this than the unskippable & unmutable commercials yelling at me at the gas pumps. I'm just trying to get gas.
Look at how you've been conditioned... "I'd rather be slapped in the face than kicked in the balls!"
One more reason I'm happy EVs exist. No ads at my home charger.
Yet
Only my smart fridge, vacuum cleaner, phone, A/C control panel, front door smart lock, and reclining bed. But not in my dreams!
Is that a thing? Why don't you just not ever use that brand of station again?
That’s half of all stations in my neck of the US. It’s hard to escape
If it's only half, then you have a choice.
If i have to stop unexpectedly and it's one with ads, I'm putting $5 and bouncing to another one i prefer.
Same, so I go to the other half. They tend to be the smaller owner-operated ones, so if I go inside to buy something, I mention how much I appreciate the lack of ads and that that’s why I go there.
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They sadly have become far more uncommon, at least in the US. I can maybe only recollect a handful of gas stations that dont have them anymore...
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None of the EV chargers have ads, how long do you think that will last?
The US: Truly the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
I've run into this a couple times and there's usually a mute button. The ones I've seen have two columns of 4 buttons and is usually column 2 button 3. It shouldn't be a thing but I make it a point to mute it every time
Yeah, that used to be the thing, but now in my area most of them have done away with the mute button. I've also tried pushing all of the buttons down both sides, but it still blares me. If there weren't cameras at the pumps, I'd pull out my pocket knife and stab the speakers.
They removed the ability to mute the ads, like, maybe a year ago is the first time I noticed it was gone. If they play ads I will put headphones in and turn my back to the screen. Ads like this feel fucking abusive.
...i'd carry a hammer and awl if mine did that...
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If an ad doesn't track me, I am not going to let it annoy me. There are so many worse methods of advertising.
Not much different than the bananas with Disney characters on them. This has been a thing for a long time now. It just happens to be a Hulu ad and not Disney specific.
There were Star Wars branded oranges in supermarkets back when ~~the prequels~~ The Force Awakens was coming out.
Edit: Got my timeline wrong. Still, it's been a while.
They have Bluey branded apples now.
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Hopefully Apple doesn’t put Pluribus ads on fruit. That one lady named Carol would lose her poor mind.
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My schizophrenic sister hospitalised herself because she throught she was having a psychotic episode where someone was attempting to communciate with her through her fridge. Turns out it was an advert on the LED screen.
Need some advice. She's not really capable of organising most of her own affairs.
She spent 2 days under monitoring. This isn't the first time she's been kept in as she has had previous psychotic episodes once every two years or so.
During this time her medications were adjusted.
She also rang me during this time to tell me that "someone was trying to communicate with her through her fridge." She booked a taxi to A&E and was driven there.
I've finally got her back home a few days ago. However, when I was scrolling on Facebook today I saw an advert on a smart fridge which stated the words, "WE'RE SORRY WE UPSET YOU, CAROL." It was set against a creepy yellow background and was very ominous. Upon closer inspection it was an advert for some TV show.
That's my sister's name. Carol. I sent her the photo and asked if this was what she saw. She confirmed it.
Some creepy advert in a place where an advert shouldn't usually go has sent her to the bloody hospital and triggered a review of the efficiacy of her antipyshotics.
Is this even legal in the UK? Running creepy adverts like that on a smart fridge with absolutely no way of knowing who could've seen them?
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Huh pink lady's i thought that they were only grown in western australia.
We def have them in Washington state USA. Also, might I introduce you to Frange's 100 Point Apple Ranking Scale, a great way to waste some time if you care too much about apples like we Washingtonians do.
Not that big into them, I worked in an orchard during my teen years. Best skill i learnt was juggling. But pink ladies then were only grown in the south west. I feel there was a trade agreement that allowed them to be grown elsewhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripps_Pink
Well props to you guys for that apple, it is one of my absolute favorites. Right up there with honeycrisp. I don't super care about apples in general, but there are so many damn overhyped apples coming out these days (looking at you, Cosmic Crisp) that I started to develop a disdain for apples in general, which made finding the Frange rating scale quite cathartic.
You can find good ones. But it does feel we go for gross weight over quality these days. If you have never tried one nashi pears (south east asian pear or pear apple) are phenominal. Basically what you want a pear and an apple to taste like.
we have them in northern california. i ate some last time i was out by Placerville
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