What product have you purchased based on advertisment from modern podcasts and youtube channels that have worked out well?

Ground News. The blind spot feature gives me great insight to where my "out of touch" family is coming from with their political narratives.

How US-centric is Ground News?
- I'm not sure because I live in the US but the feed is based on "tags" you select. It seems like they process stories from around the world but I don't have a grasp on how comprehensive they are, internationally.
- You can tailor your news feed to different countries or continents. Though I’m not sure how well the other areas are reported on, since I only have experience with the US news side of things.
Yes. When I can afford life I will subscribe. Which will be soon
Do they grind the news media executives into a fine general purpose powder (like Torgo's executive powder) or where does the name come from?
Is something like Media Bias Fact Check or is it different? Can you explain why it’s worth paying for? I keep seeing the ads but I feel like MBFC kinda does the same thing…at least that’s how it comes across in the ads. I’m just curious what it does differently so well to make it worth the price.

Thanks!
- I'm not familiar with MBFC. It may be similar but I don't mind throwing some $$ at any project making these efforts. What I like about Ground News is that all the sources for a given story are aggregated to one page, sorted based on political bias, and rated on accuracy. That information combined with the "Blindspot" feature (which highlights when a story is disproportionately covered more by one side) is very powerful IMO. It looks like the blindspot feed it's available to non-subscribers but doesn't include the political bias of the source: https://ground.news/blindspot
- The nice part about Ground is that they take the event being reported on, then show the news sources and how they’re reporting on them.
  
  For instance, let’s say a white cop shoots a black jogger. Ground will take the news sources for that event, and line them up on a left/right bias chart based on their historic reporting records. So you can see how the two sides (and the center) are reporting on the same story. For instance, AP (historically just left of center) will be very dry, and only report “police shoot black jogger”. Far right outlets will post something about a heroic officer protecting communities, being forced to shoot a fleeing black man. And far left outlets will post about white supremacist cops gunning down an innocent black man.
I've been thinking about trying it, but just haven't pulled the trigger.
Do you mean the RFKjr-biased website? RFKjr will get the orange-fat pumpkin re-elected.
- What do you mean? I never really see much about RFKjr but I don't have him tagged as a topic of interest.

Proton Mail and VPN. I saw them advertised a lot when I was first getting into Linux, and it seemed like a great way to start the arduous task of degoogling my life. Its been several months now and my only complaint is setting up the VPN on Linux desktop, it works great on android ootb and the email and calandar service have everything I need. I can even easily share calandar invites with my wife who is still on google everything

Ive really wanted to make the switch for a while now. I just dread updating all online services to the new mail... How bad was that in your opinion?
- Not OP but I've recently made the switch to Proton. You can set up a forward from your old mail provider to Proton, and then it's just a case of going through things one by one to change them, but all your email will still be in one place. You can also import all your historic email in the background.
  
  I just went through my password manager to identify which services were most important to me to proactively switch them over, which took a couple of hours. Now I just check emails that come in and whether they were sent to my Google address or Proton address, and from ther either switch them or unsubscribe from their mailing list.
  
  So yeah it's not effortless or anything, but it's probably not as bad as you're thinking.
- It is a conversation subject at job interviews for some reason. Gmail and outlook are so ubiquitous that having something else seems to really jump out at people.

I bought a safety razor after an in video ad from a YouTube channel I watch.

It came with a bonus extra set of blades.

It is my first safety razor and I'm loving it. Disposables are a sucker's game. I knew it for years, but I only finally took the plunge. Totally worth it.

Literally close to a factor of 100 cheaper than disposable blade razors. It's flat out crazy anyone shaves any other way.
- And for 40 bucks you can buy a shave ready vintage straight razor and never need to buy another razor again. Then, spend 20 bucks on an ok strop to keep it shave ready for a year.
I love my slant safety razor. It's best to get a sample pack of blades to find what works for your skin. I love the Astra platinum.
Is it the Leaf razor? I heard about it through Future Proof and I'm absolutely satisfied with the shave, much closer than the plastic razors I used to use before and lasts much longer
- Not the Leaf. It's a Henson.
  
  I now also have a 50 year old safety razor of my grandfather's. The depth on the exposed blade is smaller for the Henson, which does keep it from flexing and reduces the chance of cuts.
  
  I usually get about 4-5 shaves from a blade, which costs me $0.10 each.
  
  I also don't throw away plastic like you do with disposables and cartridge systems. Just good old fashioned rusty steel that goes into a used razor box.
I have to disagree but only on the level of the non-disputable logic that a years worth of shaving with a sharp blade for less than or at least equal to $30 is possible without factoring in the membership fee ($100/year total including with membership fee lol) is at least as good value and =< greater efficacy

There's just no way thats cheaper than what I'm referring to but I'm open to being wrong
- Membership fee? For shaving?
- Henson razor (really the handle) is 75 dollars up front, that's on the expensive side. The thing lasts as long as you don't lose it. Name brand blades are $15 for 100 blades on Amazon. A blade lasts anywhere from 2 days to a week of daily shaving.
  
  No membership fees, and the cost of the handle can be divided over several years.
  
  Edit to correct the pricing of the Henson from $60 to $75
I've been using a Merkur Futur for nearly a decade now. I need to buy new blades about once a year, maybe, and they cost about $20. Shaving soap lasts nearly as long as a pack of blades, and a shaving stone (alum salts, for closing pores back up after shaving) is a couple bucks and lasts years.

Picking the right blades can be a challenge. I'm lucky that super sharp blades work well on me.
- I should try a shaving stone. That sounds like a great upgrade to my kit.

Tailscale is pretty fucking great if you’re into self-hosting

Check out NetBird. I just started using it and it's amazing. 100 agents free with using their server. Open source and you can selfhost it with no limitations!

I saw a video going over atheletic greens and it was a pretty subpar supplement.

I've heard raycons are way overpriced.

I asked gamersupps support if it's vegan, since their website doesn't say and they have some ingredients that could be animal derived or plant based/synthetic, and they told me to look at the website.

sooo... in my experience/what I've heard, no not really any good ones come to mind

I like gamersupps but I'm not a vegan, and don't use it for the health benefits. It's just a cheaper option than a traditional energy drink and there are several good flavors. I think it's a decent product if you're in that market, but I've only had to reach out to customer support to get an item swapped on an order. They can also take a while to ship depending on their stock.
My friend really likes meundies. Extreme restraints and square space are both pretty good too.

I've pretty much made up a rule for myself that I won't buy anything I've heard advertised on podcast

I have the same rule, but that Chumba Casino app sounds so legit that I might make an exception!
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Have you had a bad experience with a product you bought? Or you just don't like that they're sponsoring content you consume? 😂
- I've near-perfectly insulated myself from all advertising, with podcasts being the only exception. As a result, I've become extra sensitive to ads and find the ones I'm forced to listen to in podcasts especially irritating. I can tolerate them at the beginning of an episode, but I hate being interrupted by them. Now, the only thing I associate with brands like Athletic Greens is these interruptions, so I simply decided to avoid them. Just yesterday, I ignored SquareSpace for the same reason when researching how to set up a homepage for my business.
- Most of it is just garbage and the gen z version of this "as seen on tv" bullshit. Why people buy from influencers is beyond me.

Zenni eyeglasses. They’re great.

I've not heard them advertised, but my partner gets constant compliments on like 5+ different pairs of Zenni frames, plus they're super cheap even with prescription lenses.
- Eggs…actly. My prescription readers were less than $10 shipped!
Also got them, but never knew they advertised. Got expensive designer glasses from a small German shop, but needed some replacement for traveling and something for sports with my new measurements. So I ordered something cheap of Zenni. My replacement glasses were 50€ glassesvfrom Zenni that I liked more than the expensive ones in the end. So now I am mostly wearing those.
Congratulations on having a normal sized head. NONE of their eyeglasses are big enough to fit around my melon. And no, it's not fat getting in the way, just my skull. Tall people have large skulls, go figure. You'd think that an online store would be able to stock more variety in sizing. Overall, I wanted to like them, but I cannot where anything they sell except sunglasses, which oddly enough come in larger sizes. At least the optometrist can put regular lens in sunglasses frames to accommodate my apparently freakish proportions, but neither Zenni nor that other one will.

Backblaze, it’s a personal cloud backup solution that just works in the background. I don’t have to manage a backup protocol, I get an offsite backup, and it’s cheaper than trying to let a file sharing service like Dropbox or Google do my backups.

I've been using Backblaze long before it showed up in YouTube ads. It's a great product.

I kinda like Magic Spoon cereal. It sticks to your teeth and has artificial sweetener (allulose) but it's pretty tasty and very low carb and comes in lots of fun flavors. I currently have the Fruit Loops flavored one. Was all over youtube a while back.

What do you eat it in (milk-wise)? I recommend no sugar added coconut milk

Didnt realize it was allulose altho i just dont know if they would ever be economical pour moi
I've tried several boxes, even bought a couple of their fancy iridescent spoons!

IMHO the cereal is okay, but I love the spoons lol

Atoms shoes. Back then, they did quarter sizes and you could get two different sizes because most people have different sized feet. They were awesome and I bought several more pairs.

They've been out of stock of most common sizes for a couple months without restocking and yesterday when I clicked the Contact link to ask about resupply the link is dead / goes to a redirect page. I think they're about to go out of business. Fucking shame.

I'll say it, Blue Chew. Never really had a problem getting hard but it takes my partner a lot longer to get off than me, so I wanted to make sure I could last long enough for them. No regrets, great decision.

Runner up is a Purple mattress. We tried soooo many mattresses and couldn't find one we truly liked. My partner suggested trying Purple. I was first against it because I felt like it was just marketing but agreed because of their return policy and we've gone through sooo many mattresses at that point. It ended up being our favorite by far and kept it.

Ridge wallet is the best purchase I made in a long time. So great I didn't feel bad about buying a second one for a cool design and for a dual money clip setup a few years later.

Second the ridge wallet. I only have one, but it's holding up pretty well.
- One is all you need, really. It worked and held up really well - I just indulged myself because I loved the design and it was super discounted.
  
  I also had the first one with both money clip and strap, but liked the clip more so went with dual money clip for mu current one.
I'm loving my Travaxx. If I don't lose it, it should last for life.

Grip6 belts. Waited awhile until they had a Father’s Day sale a year ago to buy a simple black one with a honeycomb buckle. That thing is now my everyday belt. I now have 3 belts, 4 buckles, and have 3 more belt/buckle coming from Prime Day.

Second these. I got one 5 years ago and it's still in great condition after daily use. No other belts have held up like that.

My Hansen razor, bought it over a year ago because the cheap plastic safety razor got too annoying to use and I remembered the ad.

Didn't spend extra for the titanium version and got the aluminium instead.

It's not my main way of shaving since I bought an electric shaver few months ago to do it in less than 5 minutes in the morning, but I have kept it for when I want to actually get everything shaved and the large pack of blades should last me a decade with my usage

I like my Vessi shoes and plan on buying another pair.

Disc golf?

I have a groove belt. It really is as advertised. A true BIFL belt. Even has a lifetime guarantee without restrictions. I could send in the one I have now just to get a different color if I wanted.

I actually liked Factor and heard about it from a podcast. It worked really well for me but I didn't keep it more than a few months because it is so expensive. If I lived alone or made more money I'd do it again.

Linode Cloud Services (now owned by Akamai). Heard about them on multiple Linux youtubers channels. Been hosting multiple apps and websites with them for a couple years now on their lowest plan and it works well. I'm sure people have their criticisms of them, but I've yet to have any issues.

Level1techs $100 credit reeled me in too.

Might be placebo for some, but I really liked Beam Dream. It really helps me to fall asleep quickly and keeps me sleeping until morning without the groggyness of just melatonin. It is pretty pricey though so I only buy it when the site offers me discounts.

What are the active ingredients?
- They use melatonin too, in combination with other ingredients, I think that makes the trick. You can check their site for the full list as I don't remember them all.

Somehow, still nothing

The Stuffler waffle maker and whatever can opener I have.

Thanks Tyler!

Not exactly an explicit ad, but more a product I heard about from an infomercialesque "review" for the PCPanel.

It was a cheap gadget that addressed a shortcoming I was experiencing. It works well and I use it every time I use my computer.

Aside from the official software being mid, I love my PCPanel! It's better with the community 3rd party software.

Squarespace. Works pretty well for my needs tbh.

Not crazy about their CEOs slave mentality
- Was not aware of this. Explain.

James gin

Banned to mention names. Guess I can't comment further.

PM me lol
- I looked at the community rules and the tos of Lemmy. I didn't see anything about mentioning a product by name. So here goes. Extreme Privacy: Mobile Devices. It's an ebook published by Intel Techniques.

Raycon earbuds. Use them everyday for work, decent wireless earbuds, would recommend.

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