Vibes from Truman show when his wife starts her mococa product placement during his distress. God the pervasiveness of listening to humans chat about a product really has proven to sell.. AI podcast tailored to your preferences that puts their product placement in the best spot after leading you towards a huge need for it... Ye it's best to start pruning your media right away
Fiction audiobooks only, forever. Except for when reading fiction books.
I can always tell when my wife is on some ad cuz it's just the idea out of no where with no context. The more distant from social media you get the more you see it influencing others.
Yeah same. My gf just out of nowhere comes and is like look at this cool thing I saw on Instagram.
Sorry darling that ia clearly a sponsored post aka an ad.
My wife actually buys a bunch of this shit. We've got packages arriving from China almost weekly and I hate it.
There's only been one of her influenced buys that has been any good, but I'd trade it for not having a Chinese garbage dump for a house.
It's also so weird how different people react to it. I roll my eyes the whole time and skip past it, I figured that is what everyone did (except for mbmbam sometimes if they have good jokes during it. I have never even considered trying out one of the products. I always figure those who have to rely on advertising extremely heavily are shit, like Raycons and BetterHelp.
The first ever sour experience I had with MBMBAM was believing them about Nature Box's snacks. The almonds and shit I got were okay, but definitely not worth the price, and there was some fuckery with the subscription where even though I cancelled it, it still charged me $50, non-refundable. I've never trusted a podcast ad since then
My SO comes to me and literally plays the reel then says "WE NEED THIS" or "WE HAVE TO DO THIS".
Hahaha both my spouse and I are instantly dubious on anything advertised in a podcast or on YouTube. The only exception was I snagged NORB a few years back cuz I got letters from my ISP about the Linux distro I had been torrenting. I haven’t got a letter since, so I have no complaints.
FUCK ADS!
Podcast ads can be some of the most acceptable, when it’s the hosts reading about products they might’ve used / didn’t mind using.
If a quick “sub to Audible” is the difference between a Patreon paywall / content unavailable & free listening, well, make it quick pls 😉
sidebar - shoutout styropyro for some ad for a science desk where he lit the one he got free on fire. Sponsorblockers missed a fun segment there (arguably making up for it with less dubious supplement spam of course)
Edit: that might not be the exact video but it’s awesome
Top comment on that video was "happy to see your okay", and the person who replied to your comment here shared a similar sentiment. Is there reason for this guy's viewers to worry he might not be okay, or is it just a case of someone not posting for a long time between videos?
Edit: in the first three minutes of that linked video, he says "it's actually kinda funny that I'm even allowed to own this". I think I get why people worry now
Edit 2: I also just saw that his previous video outlines illness stuff. I haven't watched that video, but the top comment was roughly "a scan costing twice as much if you have insurance is criminal", so I think I get the gist on the shape of illness stress he's been facing
It's a relief when stryopyro uploads, because that means he is still alive.
I've said this since being a kid in the 90s.
There should be a huge collection (I called it a book or catalog at the time because the Internet wasn't widely available yet) that does all the different companies that do X things or provide Y service (kinda like yellow pages, but with more information than just a phone number) that is filterable in tons of ways (by default, region) and if you need or want anything you just look up who provides it and make your decision by the information available there.
But it should stay contained in that book (or whatever form it takes) and legally not be allowed outside of it. Every other piece of "free" content (podcasts, and people you find interesting) should actually be free.
But capitalism.
"Hey, you should install this app, Honey, it literally gives you free money! ignore all the requests to porn sites its making, and the weird and convuloted blockchain features!.
While you're at it, get nordvpn, so we can use the internet while encrypted and stop facebook tracking us!
"
Since you mention nord vpn… it’s also annoying that content creators seem to think a vpn I’d something that keeps your passwords safe.
They’re almost definitely shilling something they don’t even know what it does.
"Raid, Shadow Legends"
Okay so I know Lemmy won't like this but I'm one of those idiots on the free money apps AND also I'm taking steps to privatize other parts of my online presence. I am well aware of the dissonance.
But in my defence, the site I use to make money still works even though I block ads on their games. And I'm broke, yo.
Sooo, are people not mashing that forward button until they hit podcast again?
I'm almost always listening to podcasts while doing things like driving, exercising, or biking, so no I can't really dick around with my phone to skip stuff easily most of the time.
My podcast app lets you customize how far forward the "skip forward" button skips, which was really useful at first... And then my podcasts started running different length ads. It doesn't help that the only podcast I really listen to these days is Hey Riddle Riddle, where ad segments are indistinguishable from scenes
Anything advertised by YouTube creators is a scam. Raycon earphones suck ass for $100
Last Podcast turned me on Pluto Tv a while back, and it's a serviceable service.
Behind the Bastards being sponsored by Raytheon (through I Heart Radio, blech) will never not be funny.
"You know who, Sophie, won't slaughter hundreds of civilians? Our Products and Services... Except Raytheon and Washington State Troopers"
Audible is ok, but you have to have restraint. Get you 12 or 24 credits, Make sure none of the books you're buying are available through overdrive with your library, spend your points, cancel, go through all those books, Read a few on dead trees, or even a few from LibGen, then when it's all done wait until you can't wait anymore and sign up for another 12 or 24 credits.
Save your audio books for when you're driving or cooking or cleaning, Don't just sit on the couch and listen to them.
And use the tools to rip them immediately. Until you extract mp3 data out of your books they're not you are books.
U guys have ads? Isn't that what adblockers are for?
Which adblockers work on Podcasts?
Sponsorblock (for YouTube)
Pocket casts lets you set a custom skip of the beginning and end of each podcast. So this American life is 20 seconds skip at the beginning but 99PI is 70 seconds beginning and 30 seconds end.
I really wish the sponsor block DB also did podcasts. Almost certainly pocket casts would add support for it if it did.
The only product I've ever first heard of via an Internet ad that I tried and was exactly as advertised is my Groove Life belt. This thing is fuckin' nice and has a lifetime guarantee. I can send it back for a different color if I wanted to, and I've had it for a few years now.
Everything else I've tried after finding it from ads online has sucked major balls or been basically no better than a cheaper brand.
This reads like an ad
Yes! My wife was going to leave me and run off with my conventionally attractive neighbour, but then I discovered Groove Life™! I immediately called their toll-free number and ordered a pair of Groove Life™ socks. My life has never been the same since! Once he saw me walking down the street with new-found confidence thanks to my Groove Life™ socks, my neighbour dumped my wife and moved in with me.
My entire family had been skinned alive and I was made to watch it all. I was depressed and about to kill myself. But then I discovered Groove Life™. The first time I put them on, I felt a spiritual presence enter my heart. This presence whispered “Make sure you tell your friends and family that Groove Life™ are now 15% off when purchased with Kohl’s Cash” and I have never felt the same since.
what does it do? can i staple it to myself in different places on different days for different effects?
Mine has +2 Strength, +2 Stamina.
For me it's Darn Tough socks. Though, it may not have been an ad and just something someone really liked.
I can't speak for anything other than the Casper mattress, but they really are quite comfortable.
I'm not used to ads anymore. Back into podcasts last few months. Forgot how bad it sucks.
I remember hearing Burr's ad the same morning he released the podcast, I was commuting an hour to work thanks to a blizzard the previous day and that dude lifted my spirits that day with this gem and his genuine improvised Monday Morning podcast feeling like he was sitting in my truck next to me complaining the whole time
It’s beautiful when he shits on the copy or even better, wonders out loud why the fuck anyone would use the product.
People like this is the reason propaganda works... marketing 101
It's not what happens most of the time though.
Marketing works by using repetition to build a brand image and - most importantly - familiarity.
We all tend to end up buying what seems the most familiar option. This is partly why budget brands often copy visual elements from the more well established brand.
Source: worked in advertising
So, everyone?
on spotify i just hit the skip 15 button like 6 times anytime i hear their outro music. then if i hear ads still i hit again until i don't hear ads.
Antennapod let's you program the skip buttons up to 60 seconds, which is a delight.
If you're hearing the outro, why not just go to the next thing?
And if that's limited because Spotify sucks (I have never used it), then get a podcast app that's not cancer. You don't even need a subscription for those (unless they're exclusive or something, in which case your taste is objectively bad, so have fun dealing with that).
Use pocket casts or antennapod*. Huge qol increase.
Good tip for Spotify folks
OK now not to preach!
A couple people have argued we can avoid consolidating more power in Spotify, who envisions a world of exclusive/proprietary podcasts, by going with other options
She may be level 7 susceptible.
I'm thirsty, I can really go for a glass of AG1
Bruh literally lmfaoooo
sponsor block is awesome and everyone should have it
It would be cool if it worked on podcasts. Seems to be a YouTube only thing though?
sadly it is just for youtube. it works by way of crowd sourcing timestamps for sponsor segments. No ai or algorithm, just a big lookup table that users can contribute to.
Is the guy version of this,
We should buy some cooking knives that look like huge paddles and go cooking in the woods. Also, have you heard of Mud/wtr?
Oh man it's been a while since I've heard sharis berry's haha
I just fucking died listening to that again.
Me undies. Do they still exist?
Get those Raycons!
Lol bill ragging on shari's berries was great. Made it much more memorable
I'm a Hims and Chumba casino man myself.
Casper? All my pods talk about helix
Happy birthday! I got you a Henson razor and a manscaped kit!
I was going to get younRaycon earbuds but I remember I got you those last year.
FYI i switched from blue apron to hello fresh and am happier. shop around even if an ad convinces you to try something.
Even if it is in jest, that's a block.
The only thing I’ve tried that’s advertised on stuff I listen to or watch is BOLLORRRB VEE PEE ENN. It has honestly been excellent. I don’t want to use Proton (though I’m pretty sure it’s the best) because I don’t want my VPN and E-mail services to be the same thing. Mullvad sounds great but no port forwarding. Been torrenting Linux IOS every day for years and never had an issue with BLLORRRB.
