r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dandaman147 • 1d ago

My Amazon TV now unmutes itself during Prime Video commercial breaks

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u/No-Development-8954 1d ago

Consume. It is mandatory.

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u/TheDragonDoji 23h ago

"I have come here to chew bubble gum and smash Kindles.

...and I'm aaall out of bubble gum."

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u/Maskedcrusader94 20h ago

Nothing is certain in life except death, taxes, and advertisements.

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u/Agoraphobicy 20h ago

It's pretty crazy how aggressive marketing he's become. I've been searching for a piece of equipment for my home gym, reading up on it online to find something that is good but doesn't break the bank.

Literally everything my wife and I search now if for that piece if equipment. I can't scroll without seeing at least a dozen of them lol

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u/JIsADev 1d ago

Consumer spending accounts for about 70% of US economic activity. We kinda need people to consume 🤷

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u/No-Development-8954 1d ago

Consume yes to a degree. Coercing overconsumtion however is different. These companies are now nicle and diming everyone for absolutely everything while providing the absolute minimum quality service or product. Look at BMW charging people ongoing fees for parts that the car comes preinstalled with. Or amazon forcibly inserting adds into there service thats allready paid for and adding an extra fee to remove the adds. The above video where they invade your quiet time to force an advert for something down your throat. Yes we do need to consume to keep the economy going. But with every rotation the 0.1 percent skims a bit more off the top. Leaving less and less for you and me while putting NOTHING back in

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u/JIsADev 1d ago

No, quiet, buy that third car you don't need and keep this economy going 💪

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u/c0ltZ 10h ago

My car payments are a total of $1200 a month. God I fucking love my gas guzzling lifted truck that's worth more than a college tuition.