advertising
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LG’s Latest Announcement Solidifies Everything Wrong With TVs
It’s a well established fact on the internet that when you don’t pay for something, you are the product. This is the way companies like Facebook operate: You, a user, don’t put down cash every time you log in to see what your friends/family/exes are doing; instead, you hand over your personal data to the…
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Spotify Makes Podcast Ads Unskippable by Sticking Them in the App
Those of us who are serial podcast listeners know how the ad drill goes. A short audio clip will pop up right before, during, or after your show to tell you about a revolutionary product, service, or sale. Some of you might skip through a particularly long ad, or just speed through all ads. However,…
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Amazon Illegally Tricking Customers With Ads in Its Search Results, Complaint to FTC Claims
If you’ve made any searches on the Amazon website recently, you might’ve noticed the top results are consistently cluttered with a growing number of ads featuring products from major brands. You also might not ever know they’re there — these so-called “sponsored” listings are virtually indistinguishable from the regular results you’d normally see, which means…
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Welp, Vizio Now Makes Twice as Much From Advertising as It Does From Selling TVs
If you thought affordable TV giant Vizio was primarily a hardware company, you’d be wrong. At least in terms of where its money is coming from, Vizio is becoming an advertising firm.