Submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-resumes-advertising-x-elon-musk-controversy/
Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy::Netflix has resumed advertising on X following a suspension by the streamer and other brands after Elon Musk promoted an antisemitic post.
Capitalism. As soon as bad PR is over, it’s back to business.
When is his bad PR ever over?
When the cool down counter reduces to zero. He’s preparing the next bad PR though
To defeat the Huns… But seriously, I am amazed at how quickly these changes go. It almost seems that they don’t really care about the impact of their actions ;)
Glad I canceled Netflix last year.
Not everybody lives their lives based on political cancel culture.
Conservatives: “If you don’t like a business vote with your wallet, we don’t need regulations.”
People: boycotts business
Conservatives: “No, not like that.”
True, some of us cancel just because the price keeps getting jacked up.
Is cancelling subscriptions part of cancel culture now?
I mean…I guess…technically…
You can find a dozen other reasons to terminate your Netflix subscription, for sure.
What camp where you on when Bud Light changed their brand colors this year? I am asking this as a serious question.
So Netflix is already shit, guess the shit companies can be shitty together.
Now watch as all the corporations that paused their advertising slowly return to the platform.
They were always going to. As long as Xitter has a user base with money to spend, the large corporations do not care. Anything they do like withdrawing advertising is all for show.
And after all, are you going to cancel your Netflix subscription over this? I actually probably would personally but my partner uses it quite a lot, so we’re sticking around. Some people will cancel no doubt but nowhere near a critical mass that will affect their bottom line and they know it.
You would cancel your Netflix subscription because they advertise on X?
I mean, who didnt expect it to happen?
Its literally what they did the last time there was a major controversy with twitter.
They pull advertising because they dont want to be caught in the splash damage, not because they are actually offended at the behavior.
As soon as the outrage dies down, the advertising resumes.
They wouldn’t have called it a “pause” otherwise.
Good thing my torrent site of choice doesn’t advertise on Xtwitter.
With moisture in the air and the gentle sea breeze upon our faces; life is good.
Yup. Upgraded my Plex drives, 15tb of music and movies.
Those are rookie numbers :)
Congrats on the upgrade. I upgraded from 6x3T to 6x6T a couple years ago. Wish I had waited a little longer but feared drives going bad.
another reason never to return to Netflix
“Ahh, it’s been a week, no one remembers that ol Elon Musk agreeing with Nazi rhetoric. Let’s spool those ads up again. We’re definitely seeing a return on our marketing budget by advertising on the platform known for being mostly bots!”
If there is a large following of Trump who is regurgitating Nazi rhetoric… it unfortunately makes sense to keep marketing at least here.
Yep, I guess it’s time to cancel Netflix.
Once they raised prices I created a media server with jellyfin and never looked back.
Got my own personal netflix accesible anywhere with infinite users. No one can cancel an episode of my fav show and erase it from existence.
I have jellyfin but Netflix is more reliable and convenient. It’s just that recently it’s really hard to find anything interesting on Netflix anyway so this Twitter BS is just like the last drop…
Can I do this with Plex too? The automatic downloading part? Or do I need to switch to another server app
why do you still have it after all this time
Because they we’re really doing anything bad until now. Raising prices is not a dick move. It’s a private company offering entertainment. They can milk it however they want and I can cancel it when I decide it’s not worth it.
remind me in three months when you’re binging Scrubs for the third time.
A company accused by the far-right of being too woke is helping a far-right platform survive, the irony.
That was like what, a whole month or less? Whew, that must’ve been tough on them!
Probably coming back for a discount
More like realizing how much they were losing, on top of how bad their numbers have been for years…
You make it sound like they were losing because they pulled advertising from Twitter instead of… practically every other decision they make.
Lol. Sure sure.
Business does go down when a company stops advertising. My guess is that Netflix didn’t give a shit about the moral panic, not that there was ever an indication that they cared in the first place.
You people are absolutely delusional.
Can someone explain to me how this news is technology related? Can you stop posting unrelated stuff to this community?
Netflix and X are both Tech companies, so a ‘Tech related content’. Which follows Rule 2 of the community. Posting about ‘Drake’s new music video’ for example will be “unrelated stuff to this community”.
Literally the instruments Drake sings into and uses to record his music are technology. Everything except eating fruit off a tree is technology. If we’re going to be this flexible about what counts as fodder for the community then let’s just go ahead and allow all of it.
a music video is technology so I’m pretty sure that would be ok
They are both tech companies.
It’s a repost/crosspost bot and the admins/mods don’t care to fix, disable, or ban it.
I haven’t blocked it yet but I’m thinking I should.
the bot is a mod itself, so yeah.
it’s been posting low quality content for months now
How is your comment tech news? Why don’t you just downvote and move on
The bot is grabbing it from somewhere. Idk where maybe reddit.
Time to find Netflix ads next to neo Nazi posts…sure glad I got rid of Netflix.
Maybe I know nothing about business but why would Netflix even need to advertise there? I’m not even sure they have to advertise at all anymore.
They’re advertising specific shows.
Nazi Boot Camp season 2 premiere, catch it on Netflix!
If they just want to throw money away on ineffective advertising, they can just send it to me. I have a few ideas that are far more effective than Twat.
Netflix spent about $1.5 billion on advertising in 2022. They could just randomly give a million people +$1000 and probably get better word-of-mouth advertising that way.
Good take. Heck, I’d do it for $100.
I think if I hadn’t dropped Netflix when they did a 180 on their stance on password sharing, I would drop them now.
There probably were a lot of discussions and negotiations, but a lot of the public only sees Netflix going back to Twitter. I’m sure Elmo fans will promote this as Netflix having to bow down
Dammit, Netflix. I can’t cancel my subscription twice.
Pussies.
Wew, good thing I pirate what I want to see from Netflix!
This is what happens every time youtube has an apocalypse. They stay away long enough to feel like they’ve made their point and then they resume advertising like nothing happened. Maybe it’s not advertisers who hold the power and everyone should stop being so scared of them.
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Of course they will! This is the sad reality of todays internet - the power is so centralized in the hands of like 4 companies, that ecery business basically can’t ignore them. Like you can but by that you’re just hurting yourself from the business point of view. Elon Musk can literally say Fuck You to advertisers and they still need to advertise there. This is just crazy. On nation level the anti-monopoly bureau would take action but we don’t have world wide anti-monopoly bureau.
That’s why when people tell me “Oh, Elon Musk just bankrupted Twitter” I say “Did he?”. At this point he can do anything he wants, I believe he can murder like dozen people, blow up the headquartes or start selling drugs and Twitter would still be fine
I'm happy that I've cancelled my Netflix a while ago.
Maybe Netflix has decided that having their ads shown next to neo-Nazi propaganda is a good look for them.
I’m still on Twitter (X) and I don’t have a problem with seeing Netflix-ads in my feed. I somewhat have a problem with a product like Twitter being bought by one person. If that could have been prevented in the first place, a tweet from one person would not jeopardize the monetization or engagement of that platform.
I’m still on Twitter (X)
you shouldn’t be.
Fuck Netflix. They support fascism.
assembly@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am so tired of being so disappointed in companies. Was there ever a time when they weren’t just completely soulless? Is there truly no bottom to their ethics?
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 11 months ago
In school I had to take Business Ethics. The processor officially renamed the course to Ethical Issues in Business, because, as he explained it in class, business has no ethics, but ethical issues arise all the time. I took it to mean that capitalism destroyed humanity, and those of us that are still left humane must deal with ethical issues in a business setting.
assembly@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I did not take business classes so limited background but if we assume that the US isn’t going to magically transition away from capitalism, we instead have to find a way to legislate a transition to a more ethical capitalism. That phrase seems to be an oxymoron but for things to not keep getting progressively worse I’m thinking we as a society need to figure out a way to make it happen. Any ideas? You seem to have at least taken a course in the matter.
fosforus@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I think you might have misunderstood the concept. Business really has no ethics, and it needs no ethics: its main and only goal is to make money. Government’s job is to define the ethics, and create and enforce a framework in which businesses may operate.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
(Assuming you aren’t misremembering): That honestly sounds like a really shitty professor.
Ethics are 100% a thing and more people need to improve their intelligence in that regard. What you CAN argue is that morality has no place in business (or engineering (or whatever)). But ethics are not morality or the law.
At this point, I think everyone and their mother is aware of the concept of The Trolley Problem. And… that is pertinent for a reason. Are you going to send the metaphorical train careening into marginalized groups, your workers, your board, or even your family? Or, the inverse of that: Are you going to do something that means you can buy your kids really awesome xmas presents, your board new cars, your workers the nice ramen, or even a moment of lessened horror for trans forlk?
And that ignores the various types of ethics. Even under utilitarianism, there are arguments that you are making a better net good for your board… if only because said marginalized groups suffer so much they will barely notice any relenting.
Improved understanding of what ethics actually are helps to understand WHY good (or more likely) bad things are happening. And it helps those who are in a position to make those decisions to make an intelligent and rational, if not necessarily good, decision.
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Capitalism by its nature will carry out unethical behavior if it means profit. So no, business was always soulless. That’s why regulation needs to exist, so the penalty for unethical behavior will negate the profit they could make from it.
ech@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Ethics never enter the equation. The highest priority in business is capital, and any company at the level of Netflix follows that maxim religiously. They may be seen following progressive trends, but any good they end up doing only stems from it being profitable to do so.
In other words - no, companies have never not been soulless, and it serves us well to always remember that.
MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ethics are a luxury that can be sold like any other, but when times get hard and cuts must be made, ethical companies get devoured by those that are not.
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This might answer some of your questions: reclaimdemocracy.org/corporate-accountability-his…
maryjayjay@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Should Elon be willing to pay high profile companies to advertise on Xitter to entice others back? Of just give them advertising for free? Or… Resume running ads from customers who cancelled just to change public perception?
I’m not saying Netflix isn’t a big enough bag of dicks to start advertising with them again, just strategizing