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Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As if the Prime Video app couldn't get any worse.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The point is to elicit positive emotions and associate them with a brand.

This is super obvious in pharmaceutical commercials as they all follow the same formula of upbeat music, people either enjoying nature or a party with friends, and lots of smiling as the voice-over tells you about the anal leakage and heart failure side effects.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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