Once one company gets away with it, the rest follow.

  • Anas@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I have a personal rule, nothing that advertises to me via ads or YouTube/Twitch sponsors is ever going to be worth a purchase. So far it tracks.

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      6 months ago

      Here’s my personal rule: any product / company heavy-handed enough to get past my strict ad filtering online, or advertises enough offline to get on my radar immediately goes into my never-buy list.

      Example of that: NordVPN and Brilliant. They managed to bribe so many of the Youtubers I watch - who otherwise produce good, honest content - into shilling their shit that they will never get a dime from me. They might have if they hadn’t invaded so much of Youtube, but now they won’t.