Weird to think that there is some percentage of this world that still goes to BestBuy, GameStop, and watches ads on TV and that its big enough to be worth marketing to.
Actual theft
Submitted 2 days ago by ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world to [deleted]
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UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 days ago
binarytobis@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m often surprised when I hear how other people live. Conversation at work will go like:
Employee A: “Youtube ads are getting ridiculous.”
Me: “You still see Youtube ads?”
Employee B: “Yeah, just get Youtube Premium. Such a smart investment.”
Me: “Wait, what?!”
Several of my millennial friends have cable TV and Tivo or something just because they are creatures of habit and are too tired from raising kids to consider changing their process. Weirdly, my boomer parents are the most tech savvy media consumers I know. They just have terrible taste.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This is one of those things that I go against the Lemmy hivemind on. I cut out pretty much every streaming service and sail the high seas for most of my media.But I consider YouTube Premium worth the cost.
I got grandfathered into it when Google Music shut down and I really haven’t felt the need to change anything. YouTube music is better than Spotify. I don’t have to constantly play the whack-a-mole game of ad blockers that will inevitably break during a YouTube update. I don’t have to rely on finicky software to get videos to play in the background with my phone screen off.
Look, I get it. All these features used to be offered for free without ads. I think that more than anything is why people are so rabidly against premium, because they feel like they had that stuff stolen from them. But YouTube is a service, not a right. The cost of Premium is miniscule compared to the benefits I get from it. I use YouTube a LOT. Weather for how to videos, or ASMR, or background music, or documentaries, or podcasts. I like knowing that no matter where I use it, from my computer to my phone to the random smart TV in a hotel that I cast to, I’m not going to see any ads.
All this is based on the current services offered at the current price. If and when they start making those services shittier or increase the cost, then I will seek alternatives; but not before.
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I definitely buy YouTube premium, have had it for a few years. But I also use it a ton instead of Netflix or Amazon or anything else. I figure at a minimum of 50 hours a week on YouTube I should probably pay for it, even at the like $20 AUD a month or whatever it’s climbed to at this point, and creators get a % of my premium money so that supports people.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I haven’t been to Best Buy since I caught them jacking the prices on laptops for boxing day ‘sales’… that was 10-15 years ago
haven’t been to GameStop in about the same timeframe when I stopped sinking money into consoles because they were/are more expensive then pc gaming in the long run.
also haven’t turned my 65inch tv on in about 2 years. it’s all streaming on my desktop with pihole so clean watching.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
If you have pihole, the ads would be blocked on your tv too lol
Tenthrow@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The Venn diagram is a circle.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Yes. They are similar stores and are therefore competing for each others’ customers. Hence this headline.
jj4211@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I haven’t seen the ads to have any idea about this person, but I will but from the stores.
GameStop very rarely, because a game console store price is dumb and getting a used copy of a popular game is cheap, but overwhelmingly will get/wait for PC editions of games, so it comes up very rarely.
Best buy I’ll buy something because they frequently are competitive with buying online, and I like the ability to just pick something up now without waiting. Also when a controller has an issue or was similarly instant to exchange. Didn’t wait a few days just to get a botched one and then wait a few days for a replacement, got it, find out of was not working, and exchanged it all in the same day.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t have a connection to broadcast television, channels, cable, and advertisements, and I just watch my shows by pirating. I think most of us are like that: TVs are for game consoles, or at best, a TV hooked up to a computer with YouTube on.
Come to think of it, I’ve never seen a TV showing broadcast content at my friends’ houses either.
Who the heck is keeping the TV industry profitable?
dan@upvote.au 2 days ago
I think most of us are like that
Tech-savvy Lemmy users (and their friends) are a small portion of the population though. Plenty of people pay for cable TV, IPTV, or a similar service, as well as VOD platforms like Netflix.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Boomers. There are still a lot of them around.
dan@upvote.au 2 days ago
Best Buy has been one of the best places to buy PC components like GPUs from (as long as they’re in stock), since they don’t mark up prices above the manufacturer’s pricing, and they price match with Microcenter in case Microcenter’s price is lower.
Montagge@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Besy buy is my go to for PC parts since Newegg sold out.
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
They both have some items that are semi exclusive or are better to buy from. Like if you want to buy big exercise equipment, it’s easier to return it if you have a physical store. Also, online places have higher rates of counterfeit items. So there are plenty of specific reasons to buy things in person.
lemming741@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Counterfeit concerns, porch pirates, and also basic manufacturers warranty coverage is simpler in my opinion. I don’t want to deal with cross shipping and email chains and off shore call centers when my gadget dies. I’ll pay a 5% premium for that convenience.
Also shuckable hdds
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Unironically, Best Buy pivoted really well into the modern market and they sell a lot of broad tech stuff at good prices. I’ve bought a lot of stuff including SSD’s, ram, and a big 43" monitor from them with good discounts. Don’t diss them till you’ve used them.
GameStop though, I’m still not sure how theyre in business. Mostly Nintendo physical items I think.
Bahnd@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Best buy has been on my “one-bad-black-friday bankrupsy” bet for years, yet they seemed to have survived the death of Sears, Radioshack, Circuit City, and Frys Electronics…
For me, as a customer, they are the shop of last resort. I will go literally anywhere else because they will likely have the thing, but no specific models. If you need an SSD, RAM (lol no in todays market) or a cable they will likely have it, but its going to be a smaller range than Microcenter, if time is no object, just order exactly what you need.
The thing I will give them credit for is keeping the home theatre market, I feel that only a fool will buy a TV without physically looking at it first (they turn the blue up, just an FYI).
Shaggy1050@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maybe it’s a combination effort? I run pihole but I tell my friends (who aren’t ‘techy’) when best buy has a good deal. Having the 2 forms of suggestion (ads and word of mouth) may give them a boost.
One of those good deals is a 2-year controller coverage (+$10). If a controller gets stick drift (or any other damage including user-inflicted), you can exchange it at no cost if you paid the extra $10. I know stick drift and defects are typically covered under the manufacturer’s warranty but that can be a pain. I sent an elite series 2 controller in 5 times and it was never truly fixed.
With best buys paid extended coverage, I’ve turned in dualsense controller twice now (I’m on my third currently) for a total of $75 USD.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I do shop at Best Buy, usually for computer parts and accessories. Because my local alternatives for computer hardware and peripherals, AV gear etc. are Wal-Mart and maybe our increasingly pathetic Staples. Or Amazon. Best Buy is literally the only place within 20 miles to buy a GPU in a brick and mortar store.
I don’t watch TV ads though. Is this chick a spokesman?
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Best buy gets it, it’s just a meme for the Internet to pick up on, also they sell Land Line Telephones
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Retail doesn’t pay much, she’s probably just got 2 jobs.
pyre@lemmy.world 1 day ago
maybe it doesn’t pay much, but hey, at least it drains your soul
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
this is fuckin weird. i went to school with her. she came to my apartment for a poker night once. wild seeing her on lemmy
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Was she wearing the Best Buy shirt or the Gamestop shirt?
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
i think it was just a regular black shirt or possibly hoodie
PokerChips@programming.dev 19 hours ago
Yeah, I remember. She’s good with her hands.
madjo@feddit.nl 1 day ago
Dutch beer brand Amstel had a long running commercial campaign that featured 3 friends enjoying their beer.
After that campaign ended, competitor Bavaria hired two of three actors and made a commercial with them that looked like them making an Amstel commercial but then ending with Bavaria’s tag line “Zo, nu eerst een Bavaria” (And now finally a Bavaria).Slovene@feddit.nl 1 day ago
Speaking of beer commercials, who can forget an old classic m.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYEKXE-4d0
Obi@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
Trying to make my Dutch better, isn’t that more like “So, now first a Bavaria”?
x4740N@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m sorry but who is she for me and others that don’t live in a*erica because I have no clue who she is
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I live in the US and have no idea who this is because I avoid ads like the plague
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Pihole and ublock origin for the absolute win
YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m guessing a fairly stereotypical cute gamer girl/nerd wet dream. The kind that gets a certain type of man autistically erect. Source: my colleagues in IT
Aneb@lemmy.world 1 day ago
But she’s obviously a lesbian. Source: I know too many
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s actually a cinematic trope, manic pixie dream girl. Basically the male version of dating a “dream girl”
Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 day ago
yeah, she would get me
nomy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Just look at those pointy elbows, absolutely disgusting.
LouNeko@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Look im glad she’s getting a paycheck but why do people give these 2 soulless companies free marketing by falling for this fabricated rivalry.
the_q@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
For the same reason it’s posted here and you’re commenting on it.
LouNeko@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hey I already jacked of to the best buy commercial, I’ve done my duty. Now it’s your turn.
hopesdead@startrek.website 1 day ago
I thought Best Buy paid a fee to any employee that gets featured.
Mac@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Why are we posting about commercials
Klear@quokk.au 14 hours ago
Gurl hot
Bababasti@feddit.org 1 day ago
A true shit post one might say.
thatradomguy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This reminds me of when the “can you hear me now?” guy from Verizon moved to Sprint, I think it was. How about them Epstein files though?
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Remember Jared, the pedo subway guy (rest in piss). Bet he’s in there
EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
You had gotten me all excited. I had thought he was still alive, so I looked it up. He is still alive. And now I am sad.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Whatever Best Buy used as a filter to enlarge her eyes creeps me out. At least the Game Stop version looks like an actual person
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s not a filter. She had an eye embiggening.
Rusty@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I don’t know, they look like perfectly cromulent eyes.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wouldn’t she have had to get an eye disembiggening (ensmallment?) since best buy was first?
M137@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How do you not understand which image is from earlier?
psycotica0@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
All of her facial features are a bit bigger on the left, like her nose. I wonder if it’s a focal length thing like this dude?
SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 1 day ago
Can’t tell if it is for the ad-girl. But I have to mention, that - ACKSHUALLY - this is not happening because of the focal length, but because of perspective, i.e. the distance between camera and subject.
In order to achieve the same framing on a subject, like the dude in that GIF did, with different focal lenghts, you have to adjust how far away you stand.
So for practical purposes, especially for portrait photography the focal length kinda forces you to do that, but it’s not the cause of perspective distortion.
You could achieve the same effect, by taking the sameish picture with a wide angle lens and moving away from the subject with each shot and then cropping the foto to get the framing/field of view to fit the first pic in sequence. Of course you lose resolution and image quality that way, so it’s not recommended.
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Look at the size of her face overall on the left, and the size on the right. Now look at where her eyebrows are on the left and where they are on the right. The camera on the left is slightly closer, her makeup is different, and her eyes are open wider. I don’t think it’s a filter.
meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Also, the eyeliner makes her eyes look bigger on the left, while on the right her makeup is more subtle
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
The height of her head is the same and she has the same jaw position in both shots, yet multiple features of her face are larger on the left.
It’s a filter
smh@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I think it’s just under-eye eye liner
ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The original and the remix
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 days ago
I remember when you weren’t allowed to have piercings or coloured hair to work at these places lol
This is much better.
Holyginz@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I can fix her…
Atlas_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
GameStop glow up
tym@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You wouldn’t download a cute spokeswoman… wait, yes you would
mudkip@lemdro.id 2 days ago
Who is she? Not sure why I should care.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
i miss funcoland :(
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 2 days ago
I’m trying to figure out what the next level of progression is… Netflix?
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
GameStop as I knew it from a few years ago is dead. Now that all almost all games are digitized, its stores only carry a handful of discs and cartridges with barely enough to cover half a wall in shelves. The rest of the store is mired in miscellaneous pop culture crap like Cowboy Bebop T shirts, pop figures, and some various other knick knacks. It can’t live up to its name so it might as well shuffle off from store fronts and on to the collective memory of gaming enthusiasts.
yesman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Isn’t this the reason Epstein and Trump broke up?
victorz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Wow. Necky.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 days ago
Boo advertising
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 days ago
I thought I asked you to order corn
magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 days ago
Was Best Buy paying her a retainer? No? Then she’s gonna go where the work is.
PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The funny thing about Best Buy. Is that they hire. Kinda sorta good looking women. Not exactly good looking but from a far they were. It was always so funny how it worked out.
realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 days ago
“In the twilight of bourgeois decadence, even the most trivial ornaments of culture shall be seized by the ruling class, for in late capitalism the elites will weaponize every spectacle - yes, even the egirls - to distract the proletariat from its chains.”
ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world 2 days ago
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vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The worst part about this is that if Karl Marx was alive today he would 100 percent be posting shit like this online. You cannot convince me that Karl Marx wasn’t the 1800s equivalent of that dude giving indepth historical economic overviews to his team in CSGO.
sheogorath@lemmy.world 1 day ago
He’s probably going to be a twitch streamer if he’s alive now.
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
Based, this man would be added to my discord immediately
BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bro absolutely had ADHD. No doubt in my mind