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Wait... Nintendo and Disney targets children, including those too young to know what Ads are. Why are these different ethics? (They are not, both of those com

Wait... Nintendo and Disney targets children, including those too young to know what Ads are. Why are these different ethics? (They are not, both of those companies have created literal fanatics by adulthood. Even I cannot avoid beating each Zelda game despite not enjoying a single Zelda game since WW)

quotemstr 2y ago
Should they show adult ads to children instead?
impossiblefork 2y ago
Here in Sweden it's illegal to do so and you only find advertisements directed at children on stations operating from abroad.
Karawebnetwork 2y ago
I live in an area where advertising is not allowed to target children directly. As a result, the adverts don't show children playing with the toys, but present the toys in a bland setting as potential gifts for adults to buy. They will show an adult happy with a purchase. In short, they simply cannot address children directly through television. However, it's a fine line and you hardly ever see advertisements for toys unless there's a clear educational value. That's my understanding at least. Most Nintendo adverts show young adults playing on a sofa or on the go in a train.
- crazygringo 2y ago
  Wow, that's really interesting. Having grown up on cartons filled with ads for toys showing kids playing with the toys, it literally never even crossed my mind that anyone would consider that objectionable, let alone pass laws against it. At most parents would be annoyed because their kid would pester them for a toy, but I've literally never heard anyone suggest that the advertising should be banned. (Advertising alcohol or tobacco of course is today different.) You've definitely made me wonder how childhood might be different without ads for children. On the other hand, when I grew up you couldn't avoid commercials. Now kids watch everything through streaming where you can generally eliminate the commercials anyways.
  - bondarchuk 2y ago
    I have definitely heard it from parents, some kids get really insufferable during holiday season with all the frantic toy ads on tv (back when they still watched tv, I guess).

quotemstr 2y ago

Should they show adult ads to children instead?

impossiblefork 2y ago

Here in Sweden it's illegal to do so and you only find advertisements directed at children on stations operating from abroad.

Karawebnetwork 2y ago

I live in an area where advertising is not allowed to target children directly. As a result, the adverts don't show children playing with the toys, but present the toys in a bland setting as potential gifts for adults to buy. They will show an adult happy with a purchase. In short, they simply cannot address children directly through television. However, it's a fine line and you hardly ever see advertisements for toys unless there's a clear educational value. That's my understanding at least. Most Nintendo adverts show young adults playing on a sofa or on the go in a train.

crazygringo 2y ago
Wow, that's really interesting. Having grown up on cartons filled with ads for toys showing kids playing with the toys, it literally never even crossed my mind that anyone would consider that objectionable, let alone pass laws against it. At most parents would be annoyed because their kid would pester them for a toy, but I've literally never heard anyone suggest that the advertising should be banned. (Advertising alcohol or tobacco of course is today different.) You've definitely made me wonder how childhood might be different without ads for children. On the other hand, when I grew up you couldn't avoid commercials. Now kids watch everything through streaming where you can generally eliminate the commercials anyways.
- bondarchuk 2y ago
  I have definitely heard it from parents, some kids get really insufferable during holiday season with all the frantic toy ads on tv (back when they still watched tv, I guess).