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Originally Posted by Bunky You just noticed? It has been pervasive for many years on radio, tv, movies, etc. Star Wars was not just a movie. |
I'm not saying this is all of a sudden something new. I'm just noticing it a LOT more within recent years. Who knows, maybe the number of product placements haven't gone up and it's only because now I'm an adult and can see through these things. IMO though, I really do think the advertisers are getting smarter and finding clever ways to get to you if the traditional advertising methods aren't working, especially when we can fast forward through their commercials now.
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Originally Posted by Paradigm what power do they have over me? a quick press of the "skip" button on my DVR and there are no commercials...
as far as product placement, it's all about $$$...but i don't care what i see someone else using, eating, buying in a movie.
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I'm not really referring to traditional commercials. I'm talking about the subtle product placements where you wouldn't even realize it was an advertisement. But let's talk about regular commercials then. Why is it that there's no "Skip Commercials" button on TiVo/PVR/DVR? Instead we are forced to fast-forward through it, or skip 30 secs at a time. Do you realize that there's software and hardware with this feature that allows you to automatically skip commercials, but the powers that be would never allow such a thing, at least not until they find another way to effectively advertise to you without the use of commercials.
You, as an adult, might not care and can easily see through these product placements but what about younger kids and teenagers who are more impressionable than adults?