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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by danschumann on Friday October 25, 2019 @03:27PM (#21358385)
Also the constant comparison... and constant advertisements convincing you how you should be. We used to be able to just live and commercials were contained in commercial breaks and billboards. Now the content we consume is mixed with commercials in imperceptable manners.
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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by icebraining on Friday October 25, 2019 @08:25PM (#21360594)
> Now the content we consume is mixed with commercials in imperceptable manners.

Product placement goes back to the 19th century. Remember the candy brand in E.T.? It was chosen because the company paid $1M to get them eaten by the short green man. Then there was payola, wherein the music you heard was actually a commercial paid by the record company.

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