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Re:Facebook plans to pay creators $1B to use its products by gopalv on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @02:27PM (#27836535)
> It doesn’t make Bing look cooler, it just makes the TV shows look cheap

Product name-drops are just one thing, the corporate placement also cares about how it is used and by whom.

Apple says you can't put an iPhone in a villain's hand and indirectly gives away the plot of Knives Out.

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Re:Facebook plans to pay creators $1B to use its products by jandrese on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @02:41PM (#27836726)
I remember the TV show 24 where you could identify which of the counter-terrorism team members was betraying Kiefer Sutherland this hour by noticing which one was suddenly using a Dell instead of their usual Mac.
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