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I won't sit through a non-organic product placement. If I'm watching a guy weld up a body panel and he tells me how great a welder is, it doesn't bother me. If I'm watching and he starts telling me about his VPN or a phone game, that shit's getting skipped.
You know how I like to prepare for replacing a carburetor? PLAYING RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS!
At this point I'm wondering if any one has ever actually played this game or if it even really exists. Everyone hates that shit and it's so over the top. They don't let the people they sponsor put any kind of a spin on it either it's just this completely alien and obnoxiously long diatribe where you can just about see the creator blinking in Morse code.
Every ad I've seen for it shows a completely different game. I almost want to run it just to see what it actually is, but I refuse to give them the traffic.
Product placement has got to the point where if a YouTuber genuinely wants to recommend a product he's got to be like "seriously guys I didn't get paid for this and I even paid my own money for this welder, this is not a sponsorship, I just think it's really good and you should check it out"
I watch several channels where people just mow lawns or do other landscaping work (it's my version of ASMR; doing yard work was a nostalgic childhood memory of mine).
One of the guys I watch bragged about how amazing his riding mower was. He swore up and down he wasn't a shill for the company, and he even painted over their logo so he wasn't inadvertently advertising their brand on his channel. But he said it was the best mower he's used in decades of work.
I really like when they drink the green goo and pretend it's the best.
It seems like a lot of businesses have a turnkey affiliate/referral rewards program. Like how anyone can go set up Amazon affiliate links.
But the creator presents it as a sponsorship. “Today’s video is sponsored by SquareSpace!”
No it’s not, you’re just posting your affiliate link.