Comment on Youtube is allowing Youtubers to advertise their merch even for premium users

• echo64@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ll restate what I said because you didn’t quite go for it I didn’t say they put up advertising the food, I said they sell food.

  let’s say you go to a movie theatre, they sell food in the concessions on the way in. is that an ad? or are they just selling shit and also you’re gonna go watch a movie. maybe you want popcorn. maybe you want a mug.

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  • gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If they are selling it, but not advertising it, then ni it’s not an ad.

    But if they are advertising the food in cinema, like how youtube is advertising this merch, then that is an ad.

    It’s not complicated.

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    • echo64@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So the sign above the food telling you that there is popcorn here is an ad for you? If you see anything that indicates you can buy something that’s an ad for you? Wild. That’s not the case for the rest of us but okay.

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      • gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, if I see and advert advertising something then it’s an ad. If OP had gone to the guys merch store the listing would not be ads, but they are being advertised below the video.

        It’s about intent, a sign at the food stall isn’t an ad because you are already there intending to buy something, but if they advertised the popcorn in the theatre itself then its an ad since you aren’t at the theatre with intent to buy food.

        So when OP clicked the video he wanst intending to buy from the merch store so it’s an advert because its trying to convince him to go to the merch store and spend money.

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