So, I just got off the TV watching the latest Ad-Match Guarantee commercial from Wal-Mart. I think I finally realized how f**king stupid companies are nowadays. If you haven't seen this commercial, look it up. If you, as a human being (intelligent or not), then you are a complete boneheaded fool. One, they don't show any of the "lower prices" and two, it is obivously staged and scripted.
Now, this rant will not be about TV, but about shitty advertisements. Who here listens to Spotify or Pandora? Do you play Angry Birds, or maybe Cut the Rope? Then,you know what track I am headed down. Spotify is the worst. Playing voiceovers that can't be paused. The worst part is if you have your volume on mute, or below one at least, the ad pauses itself, and until you turn up the volume, you can't listen to music. Usually clocking in at around 30 seconds a piece, it is almost a waste of time, right? Sure it is, but its just an ad. Just an ad? How about a thing that plays every two songs, every thrid one if you are lucky, and you either waste time listening to the ad, or close the browser/program and resume from there.
The funny thing is companies think this shit actually works! I am here to tell those companies that they are completly and utterly wrong. You think this grabs peoples atteniton? Well yes, to an extent. It grabs their attention just as they grab a hammer to smash their computer screen with. Sure that sounds a bit overboard, but to an extent, it gets very annoying. Back on the subject of the advertisers thinking ads on said programs actually work. To me, and a lot of friends, they are just an annoyance and people label the compaines or programs that promote useless garbage on their free music. Truthfully, nothing in this world is free. Just think, these compaines pay big bucks to annoy the f**k out of people, rather than advertise. All I ask from the companies that advertise should just give us a skop button like most ads on YouTube.
Then, the program such as Spotify, will make you pay money for a "premium" version. Premium? How about just saying "No Annoyance, Guaranteed."
I know the rant was short this evening, but I had thought of the idea on short notice.
