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by bad_user 4896 days ago
Personally I get annoyed whenever I see product placements, like Macbooks, or iPhones, or Windows screens in movies, not to mention Google/Bing searches or Xbox/Playstations in futuristic settings.

Especially when I go to a movie theater, I go there to watch a movie that I pay for. I'm not paying between $7 and $20 to watch a commercial.
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coob 4896 days ago
Why? These are brands and products the vast majority of the public use and know. It would make a film less realistic if their products didn't appear.

I agree that blatant product placement is offensive (Bond), but just having a Macbook on a table doesn't annoy.

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npsimons 4896 days ago
Actually, it's highly unrealistic to see everyone using the exact same platform or exact same software. Especially the Apple products, as their perception of ubiquity is highly inflated by their advertising.
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TallGuyShort 4896 days ago
It's also highly unrealistic to see everyone looking like actors and supermodels. Especially within the set of people who know emacs and nmap.
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