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I recently bought a 2000€ Sony Bravia which I love, but the update adding ads is atrocious. I paid premium and still get fucking ads, it’s a nightmare! The wei

by thiht 5y ago

I recently bought a 2000€ Sony Bravia which I love, but the update adding ads is atrocious. I paid premium and still get fucking ads, it’s a nightmare! The weirdest thing is that these ads have a political agenda, every day it’s for a new LGBT program. Every. Single. Day. Right now the three ads on the carousel are Pride on Disney+, Turn it Around on myCanal (French cable which I don’t use, I have no idea why I have ads for this one) and another LGBT documentary on France TV (same, I don’t have the app installed so no idea why I get this « recommendation ») Edit: please don't downvote me for stating a fact, I don't emit a judgment of value here. The fact is 100% of the ads I get are flagged as LGBT, which IS weird. It's not the only subject to discuss, and not one I personally care a lot about. I could get ads for documentaries on economy, animals, food, tons of topics, but I just get LGBT. Maybe it's not your experience, but it is mine.

csunbird 5y ago
The ads are just the companies virtue signaling.
LordDragonfang 5y ago
>these ads have a political agenda, every day it’s for a new LGBT program >I don't emit a judgment of value here It's Pride month, and today is literally the anniversary of Stonewall. Explicitly calling saying that any content even featuring LGBT people "has a political agenda" is a value judgement, implying you think the mere existence of a minority sexual identity in content is a political statement. You wouldn't call the service advertising heterosexual romance before Valentine's day a "political statement" (and probably wouldn't think twice about it), so it's prejudicial to claim the different for LGBT content during pride.
- thiht 5y ago
  > It's Pride month, and today is literally the anniversary of Stonewall And not living in the US, I have no idea what Stonewall is nor that it's Pride month, nor even that Pride month is a thing (is it in France too?) > implying you think the mere existence of a minority sexual identity in content is a political statement No, I think recommending this and only this is a political statement. > so it's prejudicial to claim the different for LGBT content during pride It's literally written "LGBT" in the 1 line description of the ads I have.

by thiht 5y ago

csunbird 5y ago

The ads are just the companies virtue signaling.

LordDragonfang 5y ago

>these ads have a political agenda, every day it’s for a new LGBT program >I don't emit a judgment of value here It's Pride month, and today is literally the anniversary of Stonewall. Explicitly calling saying that any content even featuring LGBT people "has a political agenda" is a value judgement, implying you think the mere existence of a minority sexual identity in content is a political statement. You wouldn't call the service advertising heterosexual romance before Valentine's day a "political statement" (and probably wouldn't think twice about it), so it's prejudicial to claim the different for LGBT content during pride.

thiht 5y ago
> It's Pride month, and today is literally the anniversary of Stonewall And not living in the US, I have no idea what Stonewall is nor that it's Pride month, nor even that Pride month is a thing (is it in France too?) > implying you think the mere existence of a minority sexual identity in content is a political statement No, I think recommending this and only this is a political statement. > so it's prejudicial to claim the different for LGBT content during pride It's literally written "LGBT" in the 1 line description of the ads I have.