cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/24467641
All I know is that Lexus Texas (that is what TX means to me) sounds like the name of a porn star. Is that the message Lexus wanted me to take away from their advertising and branding?
Hulu quizzing about the ads played
Submitted 2 months ago by irreticent@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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collapse_already@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Next step: political adverts that quiz you on what you’ve just heard and repeat each segment if you get the answer wrong.
Just kidding though (or am I). This is truly some dystopian shit. My first reaction was what the actual fuck. And I bet you that their numbers aren’t really going to hurt that much because of this. Mark my words.
Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What really grinds my gears, is for every shitty “feature” like this, for every denial of policy or piece of spyware… someone thought it up.
I wonder does anyone ever, in the meeting where this is decided, bring up what a horrible idea it is? I’m sure that person won’t have the best career, but has anyone ever seen someone take the bullet?
HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Man, I’ve been to these meetings.
Shitty MBAs have a shitty idea, and when you go “that’s impossible to do / directly against any sane set of values / clearly and plainly very, very illegal”, they just go “don’t worry about it” and have you do the stupid shit. When it comes crashing down, responsibility is usually distributed like when you take a turd and throw it in a high speed industrial fan, everyone gets a little.
Then you have a choice between either becoming so jaded and cynical that it’s not even funny anymore, or switch jobs. I’ve had too many jobs.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Seen from abroad, US companies have always kind of been anti-consumer, but lately they’ve been super turbo pedal to the metal implementing that shit.
I guess they want to quickly make as much money as possible in the few years left before everything goes to hell.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Next step: political adverts that quiz you on what you’ve just heard and repeat each segment if you get the answer wrong.
What are Haitian immigrants eating?
A.) Hot dogs and hamburgers
B.) Tacos
C.) Dogs and cats
D.) Haitian foodWe’re sorry, the correct answer is C.) Dogs and cats
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
These companies are insufferable.
MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is this real? I’m pretty sure this is ilegal in my country
spongebue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What country and what law?
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
People say stuff like that and I’m like, what’s the actual law? “It feels bad so it’s probably illegal.”
This particular brand of bullshit is so new I doubt there’s any legislation out there. Maybe an existing consumer protection law could be bent to fit?
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 2 months ago
For one you don’t have to answer it or anything. Many streaming platforms have been doing this for awhile.
Muehe@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Not what OP said over on the (now deleted) Reddit post:
So the ad was supposed to play in that black box and this is a bug?
I had Bob’s Burgers on in the background but was playing a game with my kid. The silence caught my attention, but not at first. At first I assumed it was a, “choose your commercial” thing.
After some more time I thought maybe it was asking if I was still watching, that’s when I looked up to see this
I waited, nothing. I made a verbal comment and the whole family started looking. We waited, nothing.
I grabbed my phone, snapped the pic, made the post (but didn’t actually post it), and it was still sitting there.
I guessed an answer, got it right, and the show came back
Then I hit “post” to actually make the post.
Some people say it went away on its own. Others say, like me, they had to answer, and others said even after answering it didn’t go away
I’ve had Bob’s Burgers on all morning and I’ve yet to see this again
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
holy fucking shit and people give me the “you’re a bad person” side-eye when i tell them there is such an easy way to never deal with that bullshit ever
Evkob@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That’s really odd, I bring up piracy in conversation decently often (usually if I’m talking about a show and someone asks me if that’s on Netflix/Prime/Disney+/Hulu or whatever and I have to tell them I haven’t a clue)
The reaction had never been judgement, more so curiosity about how I go about my piracy.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 2 months ago
What happens if you answer wrong?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
You get sent to ad prison for re-education.
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Re-aducation
answersplease77@lemmy.world 2 months ago
you do reset if you failed after that, you have to watch the film from start again to go to the next episode
Freefall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Dropped Hulu so very long ago.
MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
🏴☠️
CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I love when instagram goes: “have you heard about …?” Presumably asking this as they just showed me an ad about it that i completely ignored and i just go “no i haven’t”.
The only use of showing me ads is them getting paid and wasting my time. I don’t pay attention to them because i either don’t need/want it, just bought it or can’t afford it.
It’s been a long time since i bought something as a result of watching an ad.
geelgroenebroccoli@feddit.nl 2 months ago
The effect of ads is usually not directly linked to a specific product.
If, for example, you need a new box of laundry detergent, you’ll go to the supermarket. There you might find brand A, which you’ve never heard of, or brand B, which had an ad you’ve seen or heard somewhere. Studies have shown you’ll be more likely to buy brand B, because you’ll find it more trustworthy, which is because you’ve heard about it somewhere.
So, a lot of ads aren’t solely about a specific product, but also about making their brand perform better in the long run. Therefore, even if an ad is just making noise on the background, it may still have an effect on you. And, since it’s a subliminal process, it’s extremely difficult to make a concious decision to not buy products you’ve seen or heard ads of.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, that’s all true, but I’ve still got 500 things I need to spend money on before buying a Lexus. Ads for luxury cars are wasted on us poors.
CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah i’m too weird for ads it seems.
I just buy whichever has the best price per kg. I make a normale mortal wage i can’t afford to get used to such luxuries like paying double to get the Nutella that actually says Nutella on it.
I feel for everyone who makes an equal wage and doesn’t have the ability to see food as fuel.
Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
And, since it’s a subliminal process, it’s extremely difficult to make a concious decision to not buy products you’ve seen or heard ads of.
Instead, I make a conscious decision to not buy products I remember seeing or hearing ads of. If you’re using subtle product placement to subliminally manipulate me in a way I don’t notice, good for you. If it’s obvious enough I remember you doing it then I will not buy your product unless it is already the best deal available (aka the cheapest per unit or best quality per price, excepting products I have had a bad experience with).
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If i ever am forced to answer a quiz like this, I will make a youtube video lambasting that product or service.
mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 2 months ago
🏴☠️
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Full refund.
Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
They went full ret*rd, I want full refund.
(I know you can cuss on the internet, but that word has some baggage…)
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That baggage still exists even if you leave out one of the letters.
SoJB@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I genuinely don’t understand why people still use Hulu when you can watch the same shit in better bitrate with no ads and no subscription
We’re not even talking about a Plex server or anything just freakin stream it off the 1000 trusted sources
The liberal mind is full of mysteries
Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So uh. Just wanna get your input here.
What single detail stands out to you as “liberal” here?
I’m sure I’ll be fascinated by your answer.
nomy@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s an .ml user if you don’t jump through their hoops then you’re not a real leftist and they’ll call you a “liberal” like they’re a fucking MAGAt.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 months ago
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Headed? Were already there.
rtxn@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hey Hulu, how many masts on my full-rigged ship?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
Hulu does this thing sometimes where you can choose which ad you want if two videos. Usually there is a timer to pick a default for you. I don’t see a timer on the screen, but I’m still wondering if Lexus is using that feature for this ad. Did it not progress until you selected something?
frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The right side of the screen is suspiciously out of frame. Is that where the timer usually is?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
I think it usually is, but I haven’t seen very many of these and I try to ignore ads as a form of protest lol.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
What the fuck is a Hulu?
All I know is !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com (blocked by lemmy.world instance)
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Some kind of thing US people are reduced to using because their tv has become such a joke.
Of course, now it’s become the new playground of the corpos. Can’t have the plebs wasting their leisure time without the important people getting some profit after all.
Trilobite@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Arrrrrhhhhhh
Kanda@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Yo ho yo ho
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Your entertainment area looks lovely.
RaymondLuxuryYacht@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Can you continue to watch your show without answering? Or are you forced to watch the commercial and answenthe question to continue?
I mean, it’s fine if they’re doing research on the commercials themselves, and the answers show how much or little people actually pay attention. But if you can’t continue your show without the right answer, that’s a problem.
7toed@midwest.social 2 months ago
2 minute ad slot who? Even if it does “let you continue”, I left my TV on to watch it not interact. YouTube does this shit where it will hand out a 30 MINUTE ad because nobody has interacted to skip after a few ads. It’s slippery slope bullshit all the way through.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 months ago
30 minutes? I got a 24 hour ad I e time, during the pandemic. It was this trippy art video thing where worms were eating the universe. Or something. I don’t know, but it was animated in a hand drawn style.
Those were strange times
RaymondLuxuryYacht@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Look, ads are how they pay the bills. We wouldn’t have ads if they’d set their prices in a way that allowed them to make a profit, which is how businesses function. They are businesses, after all, not charities.
They underpriced their services, and lost money for as long as they could, hoping they’d somehow “win” the Steaming Wars. I absolutely detest having commercials on something I already pay for, but it’s how it’s going to be because they lost money for so long.
So a commercial is one thing, but a commercial that quizzes me to see if I paid attention is a completely different entity altogether. That’s the part of the whole equation that would be too much.
Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Despicable
rbos@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That image is 100% the academic quadrangle at Simon Fraser University. Hah.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 months ago
I’m pretty sure they used to do this, at least a hundred years ago, way back when companies first realised that there’s endless free real estate for adverts on the internet. Always wondered why they stopped.
ye_olde_noob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
do they make you keep watching the ad until you get it right?