Tbh I don’t care about the sponsor segments in videos. It’s actually my favorite way of advertising, as I can skip it or watch the funny ones (tomska does really funny - although slightly incorrect - segments).
But boy do I hate sponsored results on Amazon or similar platforms. I feel like I have to search through them to get to the actual products, and then I can’t trust the reviews
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Of all the ads being pushed on us, this type seems like the least egregious to me.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Especially when creators find interesting ways to work them in, which is pretty often, in my experience. They’re the one type of ad that doesn’t annoy me.
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just noticed he also mentioned sponsored ads in Amazon results and etc, which are definitely worse.
I’ve cut down buying from them quite a bit, but when using the Amazon app, or web without adblock, the sponsored results have made the shopping experience SIGNIFICANTLY worse in the last 6 months.
It used to be that you’d see one here and there, but the volume of sponsored results has gotten ridiculous, and the quality is awful. Half of the sponsored results I see - at best - are very specifically not what I searched for. Sometimes not even close.
It’s one of several reasons I hardly buy from them anymore.