Marketing is supposed to increase demand for a product or service but it doesn’t always work that way. What do you use less or even stopped using because of the company’s marketing?
Youtube on Android TV. Because if you even focus on a video to read what it’s about, YT starts it playing, blaring it’s audio. If YT is open, it will always start playing some loud audio whether you want it or not. Have to mute the TV to not have it dominate the room.
YouTube has been so obnoxious lately. I need an alternative
Mobile games that are being advertised
Some look fun, but because they are advertised, i know its going to be terrible with lots of ads
I have never played, nor do I know anyone who has ever played, Raid: Shadow Legends
Lol Facebook. It wakes itself after a forced stol and spasms notifications
A huge marketing budget is always a red flag that the product is overpriced garbage. Beats headphones and red bull come to mind. They gotta fund that marketing budget somehow.
Dude, Raycon spends so much on marketing I will never take them seriously.
Everything that YouTuber / Instagram influencers present.
If I see something advertised or pushed by them i immediately question the integrity of the product. I can’t trust them or the brand.
Anything like this, It has the opposite the intended effect
I tried Magic Spoon based on a YouTube sponsor and I was rather disgusted with the way it tasted and felt.
I once heard a Youtuber list all the things that aren’t in it, and I was like, “wait, then what is it made of?”
I drink 2% milk without questioning what the other the 98% is.
Same. I initially decided to try it to see if it was even close to as good taste wise as it is advertised. Also because it is gluten-free and might be something my dad might like since he had to switch to GF. But none of the four boxes really came close to being similar to what they would replace. And the price (that they make such a point about being “affordable”) was like two or three times more expensive than better options we did find.
It really reminds me that basically everything that is called “affordable” on most social media is really pushed to tech-bro/massive city areas. Which $7~9 might be “affordable” if in super high cost of living cities. Just like how most of the “hot” tech things or trends tend to act like other places are just as “modern.” Most small towns/rural areas are always like a decade behind on things. Which makes it beyond difficult to help regular people with basically everything tech-wise at my job. Which I won’t make my already long reply even longer by ranting more.
Marketing is just a euphemism for propaganda. I avoid all of it as much as possible.
Agreed. Generally speaking, advertising is a sign that a product is crap and should be treated with suspicion and probably avoided. If it can’t provide obvious value on it’s own without someone resorting to propaganda to convince you to buy it, then it’s by definition not something anyone actually needs or wants.
If something is actually inherently useful on it’s own merits, then it doesn’t need to have marketing created for it, because you’ll find it when you identified a need and actively research a solution on your own.
Take for example almost any great FOSS software. I’m not using Lemmy right now because of a manipulative roadside billboard telling me to do it. I didn’t switch to Linux because a TV ad made it sound like a requirement. I’m not using Blender because of brand placement in a movie.
Any of the charities that go door to door, won’t take a one time donation and insist on setting up monthly payments forever, and keeps trying to guilt trip you even after you refuse.
If you act like a sleazy salesperson while trying to get me to donate to a supposed good cause, I’m going to assume you have more to gain than the people you’re claiming to help.
basically any product advertised just because i’m spiteful like that lmao
I will never buy Native because their ads are fucking everywhere. I will watch them back to back on YouTube when I’m on the living room AppleTV because unlike my laptop I can’t block it there. And I resent them for it.
Almost anything at this point. It feels like the “first hit is free” modus of drug dealers.
Not really things that I can use less. But I really hate when companies that are already fully saturated (or basically have monopolies) really push ads for their shit. Example being shit like Spectrum. While there are now more options in my area for internet (AT&T did start laying fiber in my area like last summer), it really just seems like all the money put into the marketing departments could be saved. Same goes for AAA games.
We keep seeing how all the major fucking companies keep purging staff or dev studios they bought do to sales “not meeting expectations.” But it seems like they should be cutting marketing first. Every “gamer” I know is already aware that something was announced with a release date via YT trailers and gaming outlets that were already going to cover it. So pushing so many more millions of dollars into shit really just looks like wasted money.
Duolingo
It was their transition to AI that got me out. The incessant notifications were a close second.
Bell Canada. They have salespeople doing door to door. They also “partner” with landlords to setup little kiosks with salespeople in the hall of big buildings. Like, you’re getting home, pass the RFID lock for tenants only, then there is a Bell representative waiting for you next to the elevator.
But with Bell it’s not just their marketing. Once they sell you something they change the terms and/or charge you a different amount than what was agreed.
If you discuss this with one of their salesperson, they will claim that Bell has changed and promise everything will be fine this time if you take a new contract with them. But spoiler, they don’t change and are always just more aggressive with their marketing.
Sometimes I feel a bit bad for the salespersons because they are often immigrants or young people that have not been fooled by Bell yet. They are enthusiastic but end up getting told to fuck off by people that have experience with Bell. I’m usually polite but very firm with them.
EDIT: Same with Hello Fresh. I have never used them but since some salesperson knocked on my door to try to sell me their services, I will make sure to never buy anything from them.
The Canadian internet cycle:
Fuck Bell, I’m switching to Rogers
Fuck Rogers, I’m switching to Telus
Fuck Telus, I’m switching to Bell
Just not Bell anymore. I’ve tried enough to know how it will turn out and there’s no need to try again.
Plus, I really hate the fact that they send people knocking on my door, or wait for me and my neighbours by the elevator. As despicable as the others are, they are not doing this shit.
NIE. WIEDER. BELL.
Fuck all of them, I went to beanfield. For internet, anyway. I’m looking for an alternative cell service/carrier. I refuse to get cable TV.
I have a family plan with T-Mobile for years with friends and a family member on it. T-Mobile had a price lock guarantee on it. They raised the prices anyway. When I called about it they told me they made that promise 11 years ago so it doesn’t count. I told the lady on the phone “I pay you X dollars a month so me and my friends can look at porn and cat videos on skinner boxes.” I’m still looking for somewhere to jump ship to. Mint mobile looks like an option but they are owned by T-Mobile so I dunno if that’s really an option.
US Mobile is pretty nice. You can switch between any of the three main US carriers with a “teleport” which has been really helpful because I can pick whichever has the best service for the area I’m in when I travel.
Since a few months, US marketing has deteriorated, so I boycot as many US products as possible.
In about 2014 or 2015, there was a Mission Impossible movie being advertised with this annoying song that went “Ready or not, here I come” in an annoying nasally voice.
It played ahead of every Youtube video I watched for at least a month.
I will never watch another Mission Impossible movie again, I will not watch another Tom Cruise movie ever again, I don’t think I’ll watch any new spy or action movies ever again, and I may never watch a movie of any kind ever again.
I’m a vengeful asshole given to doing brain surgery with a back hoe.
