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Pretty different things - in the panhandler case, you don't want it, it's not tied to anything you do, their target group is everyone. This is more like standi
by thecupisblue 7y ago
Pretty different things - in the panhandler case, you don't want it, it's not tied to anything you do, their target group is everyone.
This is more like standing in front of a kindergarden with an icecream truck before lunch and giving away free ice creams on a hot summer day but you can't open them just look at them unless you pay. It's abusing human psychology without you asking for it - you just want to play the game and they are pushing your brain's buttons to get you to buy stuff. Maybe it won't work on you, but imagine how it's "brainwashing" the younger generations.
- akersten 7y agoIt seems there's a lot of parallels between this and advertising in general. I understand the sentiment and feel the same way about advertising's negative effects, and how predatory a lot of marketing is - especially marketing targeted toward children. But it's kind of "exit through the gift shop," right? All you wanted to do was ride the roller coaster, but now you've got all of these trinkets and refreshing beverages that you can touch and pick up, but you just can't have without paying. And to me that just seems part and parcel of modern capitalism, so I'm not really in favor of outlawing a particular flavor of it.
- amelius 7y ago> And to me that just seems part and parcel of modern capitalism, so I'm not really in favor of outlawing a particular flavor of it. Net neutrality is also threatened by capitalism. Do you also want that gone?