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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by awinder on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:32PM (#19912426)
They learn / don't learn that skill from kidfluencers on YouTube. From what I've seen with my daughter that's a super-weaponized form of advertising compared to what I grew up in, anyone who survives Ryan and turns out halfway adjusted will have made it through a real crucible.
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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by r00fus on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:57PM (#19913832)
Yeah, my kids crave youtube, but I won't let them watch it.
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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by burntoutcase on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:17PM (#19913460)
> They learn / don't learn that skill from kidfluencers on YouTube.

Thanks for giving me a new excuse for being a misanthrope.

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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by awinder on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:13PM (#19914351)
LOL! It really is something to behold, this article is a pretty good rundown in what’s going on (I would think I was making this up as some fringe thing, if I had not watched it first hand)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/business/media/social-med...

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