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“This is getting ridiculous and I'm about to just toss the whole thing and move back to Google,” one Redditor said of the “full-volume” ads for Alexa+ on their Echo Show.

Oh sweet summer child, Google is NOT going to be any better at this. That will just be changing one corporate evil for another.

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Advertising..helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in.

Someone needs to coin a word to describe this type of infuriating corporate statement. They make astonishingly piss-weak arguments in a patronising tone, as if to insist that reality must be whatever they say it is because they’re a successful company.

It’s the kind of statement that’s not technically a lie, but still seems dishonest for them to present as though it were a sane response, almost like an attempt at gaslighting.

I think the person who wrote that response should be forced to wear it around their neck so that everyone can see what sort of person they are.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"Bullshit" still works wonders.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds right to me. Maybe "spin" if I want to be a bit more neutral, but it doesn't look like they deserve the benefit of the doubt.

Theyre putting a happy spin on some bullshit.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Spin is bullshit's little brother. It's mostly the truth, but viewed from an angle that favors a specific point.

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