EPTOn April 16 2013 16:43 Sayle wrote:
Samsung pays Stork's salary. They can do whatever they want and I will still love them :D
Samsung pays Stork's salary. They can do whatever they want and I will still love them :D
What if they.... kill Stork??
Samsung hired students to astroturf - Page 3
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Figgy
Canada1788 Posts
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SgtCoDFish
United Kingdom1520 Posts
On April 16 2013 17:39 frontliner2 wrote: I don't care it's all commercial money. What does piss me off is that our GLORIOUS EUSSR dictator spend millions of tax euro's to hire internet trolls glorifying the EU on the internet.. Yeah I'm going to have to go ahead and ask for confirmation on that from some reputable source. | ||
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Subversive
Australia2229 Posts
Jangbi and Great for me (when he was on samsung)  . But still, I have to condemn this.I now mentally separate the team from their shitty underhand marketing strategies. | ||
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Aelfric
Turkey1496 Posts
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Doublemint
Austria8641 Posts
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nickbalev
Bulgaria241 Posts
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Womwomwom
5930 Posts
On April 16 2013 20:44 opisska wrote: The Apple remark could have been done better, I agree. Just the point was that in the social group where most of my firends are, this is the perception - almost noone has an iPhone, partly because it would be just considered childish, partly because they really believe that it is not a good idea to buy one. This fact prevents the other brands from being "smashed" by Apple. Also in general, I believe that Apple's marketshare in everything is much lower in Czech than in the US, largely due to the widespread notion that iStuff is "snobbish". The carrier thing is interesting - I have honestly no ideawhat phones are offered by carriers, it's not really profillic in here. Most of the people I know buy smartphones from computer vendors anyway. That's fair enough, thanks for clarifying. Its interesting that continental Europe + eastern Europe doesn't really have as much attachment towards Apple products as English speaking countries. I wonder, does it have to do with less Apple store presence? I know the Apple Store is really Apple's true success story, since you actually have a reason to go there if you have a problem. Yeah, carriers are important for the North American and Australian (and UK?) markets. I'm not sure why, I always buy my phones outright but I know a significant number of Australians who buy their phones on plans, where you pay as you go. Sometimes it actually isn't that much more expensive if you need an expensive, high data phone plan so I guess that's why people like to buy their phones this way. I've heard that the philosophy is a bit different in Europe and your anecdote seems to suggest that too. But basically, that's the case. The only two companies that get all of their phones on all major carriers during the launch period is pretty much Apple and Samsung. When you're looking for a plan and a swanky new phone, you've only really got these two options to pick from. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26036 Posts
On April 16 2013 17:39 frontliner2 wrote: I don't care it's all commercial money. What does piss me off is that our GLORIOUS EUSSR dictator spend millions of tax euro's to hire internet trolls glorifying the EU on the internet.. What are you even talking about here? Pro-EU internet trolls? The same EU that, in Britain at least has a lot of media outlets with a very clear anti-EU, anti consumer/worker protection bias? Wonder if those are related....... | ||
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
On April 16 2013 17:49 EvilTeletubby wrote: <3 That was one of my favorite bans. Edit: And afterwards, he kept right at it. The evidence seems overwhelming but I'm just shocked that we'd find a shill on TL. Places like anandtech, hardforum, etc. I'd expect but we're not exactly known for our tech sub-forum. I'm hugely disappointed that I can't even get unbiased hardware advice on TL. Oh, and happy birthday. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26036 Posts
However, I do see that companies have kind of created this problem for themselves. Over time I have seen professional reviewing somewhat discredited in all sorts of fields due to leaning from companies. This then legitimised/necessitated peer-reviewing on the internet for consumers, which is liable to such abuses as the OP is discussing. | ||
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Yergidy
United States2107 Posts
On April 16 2013 16:51 ControlMonkey wrote: Relevant. I was just gonna say that reminds me of that one guy on TL's Automated ban list lol. | ||
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Existential
Australia2107 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45049 Posts
On April 16 2013 16:51 ControlMonkey wrote: Relevant. This is hilarious haha | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26036 Posts
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hoby2000
United States918 Posts
On April 16 2013 16:32 phodacbiet wrote: Ah remember the good ol' days when sales depended on how good the product is instead of using slanders to put down competitions? No, because this has never happened in the life of business. People have always been attracted to what they're told about something and not what it is. If you think the internet changed anything, then you haven't been paying attention to history. Salesman have been deceiving people since the dawn of the salesman. They're job is to sell you on something you may not even need, but they make you think you need or want it regardless of how good it actually is. | ||
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Hikari
1914 Posts
Same with all those "buy 1k likes on facebook from real users for $xxxx". This is something I keep getting annoyed as: facebook is more or less a cheap advertisement platform. On the samsung fanboy that got banned.... I admit samsung make great phones, at least having SD support+removable battery is quite important for me (battery on long days where I spend a majority of time taking pictures and videos on phone). But monitors... honestly I hardly really notice a difference... | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26036 Posts
On April 16 2013 22:46 Hikari wrote: Didn't they catch some guy @ EA writing good reviews for their game over rotten tomato? Hired reviews have been around for ages. Same with all those "buy 1k likes on facebook from real users for $xxxx". This is something I keep getting annoyed as: facebook is more or less a cheap advertisement platform. On the samsung fanboy that got banned.... I admit samsung make great phones, at least having SD support+removable battery is quite important for me (battery on long days where I spend a majority of time taking pictures and videos on phone). But monitors... honestly I hardly really notice a difference... God that annoys me so much. Facebook had (has?) so much potential as a platform for 'genuine' new and unheralded content creators to get their names out there, but is increasingly proving not to be the case due to a combination of Facebook's algorithims being increasingly aimed at, and used by established entertainment stables. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On April 16 2013 22:25 Existential wrote: Not gonna lie. Probably would have done this for free.. I love Samsung hahaha. As much as I like Samsung *products*, I'm lucid enough to realize that the company itself is a piece of shit that's just after my money. I don't understand why people like companies... Blind brand loyalty is such a plague. | ||
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FromShouri
United States862 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26036 Posts
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