Others are welcome to look past it. I've unsubbed from a lot of shite on clear signals that they'll say anything and stand for nothing. Ad reads are an incredibly easy, bright line for it if you're someone who gaf.
Pretty strong selection bias there. And no way to know how many potential viewers avoided them after the first ad read.
In the 1990's and for us GenX'ers, selling out was the worst thing you could do; to take the man's money instead of keeping your integrity. Calling people and bands 'sell outs' (sometimes without justification!) was to insult them.
Now with the rise of 'influencers' selling out is the norm, and people are praised for doing so.
This is a massive shift in the cultural landscape and is perhaps something many born after ~2000 are unaware of.
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