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Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy::Netflix has resumed advertising on X following a suspension by the streamer and other brands after Elon Musk promoted an antisemitic post.

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[-] assembly@lemmy.world 241 points 2 years ago

I am so tired of being so disappointed in companies. Was there ever a time when they weren’t just completely soulless? Is there truly no bottom to their ethics?

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 167 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In school I had to take Business Ethics. The processor officially renamed the course to Ethical Issues in Business, because, as he explained it in class, business has no ethics, but ethical issues arise all the time. I took it to mean that capitalism destroyed humanity, and those of us that are still left humane must deal with ethical issues in a business (ethicless) setting.

[-] assembly@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

I did not take business classes so limited background but if we assume that the US isn’t going to magically transition away from capitalism, we instead have to find a way to legislate a transition to a more ethical capitalism. That phrase seems to be an oxymoron but for things to not keep getting progressively worse I’m thinking we as a society need to figure out a way to make it happen. Any ideas? You seem to have at least taken a course in the matter.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 25 points 2 years ago

What if we transition away from capitalism non-magically?

[-] assembly@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I mean that’s probably the preferred path but I can’t see how that realistically happens. There are too many individuals globally with too much to lose that will think their loss of capital is worth bringing down the whole human race. I’m sure they would rather see the world in ashes rather than succeed under an alternate system where they may not be on top.

[-] colforge@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

It’s not even about being on top or being worried about losing status - I’d be fine with giving up what little I have to see a better world. The problem is that a pivot away from capitalism isn’t going to happen without violent revolution, because it would absolutely be met with violent resistance.

I wouldn’t support something that would be guaranteed to thrust my children and grandchildren into a world of chaos, uncertainty, and tragedy that would unavoidably arise during and potentially after a revolution of that scale. And someone has to be holding the levers of power in the end, and how do we guarantee that we don’t just end up shuffling the deck around but playing the exact same game?

It’s easy to be idealistic and say “this isn’t working” but it’s a whole lot harder to convince enough people to dismantle it and deal with the consequences rather than attempt to effect incremental change over a long term.

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[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Capitalism by its nature will carry out unethical behavior if it means profit. So no, business was always soulless. That's why regulation needs to exist, so the penalty for unethical behavior will negate the profit they could make from it.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago

Ethics never enter the equation. The highest priority in business is capital, and any company at the level of Netflix follows that maxim religiously. They may be seen following progressive trends, but any good they end up doing only stems from it being profitable to do so.

In other words - no, companies have never not been soulless, and it serves us well to always remember that.

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 135 points 2 years ago

Capitalism. As soon as bad PR is over, it's back to business.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

When is his bad PR ever over?

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago

When the cool down counter reduces to zero. He's preparing the next bad PR though

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 116 points 2 years ago

Glad I canceled Netflix last year.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 112 points 2 years ago

So Netflix is already shit, guess the shit companies can be shitty together.

[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 86 points 2 years ago

Good thing my torrent site of choice doesn't advertise on Xtwitter.

[-] theherk@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

With moisture in the air and the gentle sea breeze upon our faces; life is good.

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[-] set_secret@lemmy.world 83 points 2 years ago

another reason never to return to Netflix

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[-] ExLisper@linux.community 72 points 2 years ago

Yep, I guess it's time to cancel Netflix.

[-] 4lan@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Once they raised prices I created a media server with jellyfin (+Sonarr, Radarr, QBittorrent) and never looked back.

Automatically downloads new episodes of my favorite shows

Got my own personal netflix accesible anywhere with infinite users. No one can cancel an episode of my fav show and erase it from existence.

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[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A company accused by the far-right of being "too woke" is helping a far-right platform survive, the irony.

[-] lapommedeterre@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago

Probably coming back for a discount

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 51 points 2 years ago

Maybe I know nothing about business but why would Netflix even need to advertise there? I’m not even sure they have to advertise at all anymore.

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

They’re advertising specific shows.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago

Nazi Boot Camp season 2 premiere, catch it on Netflix!

[-] filister@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago

Can someone explain to me how this news is technology related? Can you stop posting unrelated stuff to this community?

[-] 4realz@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Netflix and X are both Tech companies, so this is tech related content. Which follows Rule 2 of the community. Posting about 'Drake's new music video' for example will be "unrelated stuff to this community".

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[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 years ago

They are both tech companies.

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[-] iterable@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 years ago

Time to find Netflix ads next to neo Nazi posts...sure glad I got rid of Netflix.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

If they just want to throw money away on ineffective advertising, they can just send it to me. I have a few ideas that are far more effective than Twat.

[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

I think if I hadn't dropped Netflix when they did a 180 on their stance on password sharing, I would drop them now.

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago

There probably were a lot of discussions and negotiations, but a lot of the public only sees Netflix going back to Twitter. I'm sure Elmo fans will promote this as Netflix having to bow down

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 28 points 2 years ago
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[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Dammit, Netflix. I can't cancel my subscription twice.

[-] sebinspace@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago
[-] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Wew, good thing I pirate what I want to see from Netflix!

[-] Stanwich@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

[-] clearleaf@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

This is what happens every time youtube has an apocalypse. They stay away long enough to feel like they've made their point and then they resume advertising like nothing happened. Maybe it's not advertisers who hold the power and everyone should stop being so scared of them.

[-] Fitik@fedia.io 12 points 2 years ago

I'm happy that I've cancelled my Netflix a while ago.

[-] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Of course they will! This is the sad, sad reality of todays internet - the power is so centralized in the hands of like 4 companies, that every business basically can't ignore them. Like you can but by that you're just hurting yourself from the business point of view. Elon Musk can literally say Fuck You to advertisers and they still need to advertise there. This is just crazy. On nation level the anti-monopoly bureau would take action but we don't have world wide anti-monopoly bureau.

That's why when people tell me "Oh, Elon Musk just bankrupted Twitter" I say "Did he?". At this point I believe he can do anything he wants, he can murder like dozen people, blow up the headquartes or start selling drugs to children and Twitter would still be fine

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