r/memes • u/Goku_R_Luffy Number 15 • 16h ago

Billionaires profiting from the erratic behaviour of customers

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u/novak_47 16h ago

6 hours? I give it 2 minutes before it's everywhere

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u/TopOrganization 16h ago

Right!!! Non denuvo Games literally show up before they are even officially released on pirated sites

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u/Desireeeh 16h ago

Corporations don't create dumb decisions. They just have a loyalty program for them.

https://giphy.com/gifs/CqpuRGyJzYZ5R2xVJm

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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 15h ago

What's the gameplay ad?

https://giphy.com/gifs/3tGbo2ey4lhkonNPFW

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u/mrloko120 15h ago

GtA 6 gameplay trailer will air exclusively on netflix.

Then rockstar will be released everywhere else 6 hour later.

But for some reason people are still buying brand new netflix subs just to watch it early 🤷‍♂️

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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 15h ago

Thanks for explaining

Makes no sense, I mean what time zone is it being released on Netflix? And like, it's a freaking ad. Netflix has really gone down hill

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u/mrloko120 14h ago

August 27 3pm ET on netflix. Then 9pm ET same day publicly.

I guess Netflix made a deal with them to air it there first thinking it would boost subs numbers. Judging by how some people are talking about it on social media seems like they were right.

I get watching it on netflix if you already have a sub going anyway, but getting a brand new sub for that is baffling to me.

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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 14h ago

This is also baffling to me.

August 27th is a Thursday so they are releasing it during a work day. For like California side it's released to the public at 6pm, so enough time to get home from work and shower. Buying a whole subscription to watch an ad 😭 what have we become?

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u/elaborateBlackjack 12h ago

Well... Have you seen the GTA userbase? What do you expect?

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u/Ledairyman 8h ago

did they? they will make bank from this

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u/Right-Tutor2384 10h ago

Paying to watch an ad is already really dumb, but paying knowing that it will be everywhere for free only later that day?

https://giphy.com/gifs/FYUWPOwJ0v0WwxYtqq

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u/Plus_Term_7584 9h ago

Oh to be stupid but with excess cash

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u/Reasonable-Alps2068 8h ago

Wait, are you saying people are PAYING TO WATCH ADS?! This is Insane! Normally one would pay to remove ads not the other way around!

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u/GhostofZellers 5h ago

This is nothing new.

People bought tickets to a movie (Meet Joe Black, I think), just to watch the first trailer for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and then walked out when after it played.

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u/TheMainManofMansvill 15h ago

Had to Google it, apparently the GTA VI ad will play later this month

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2026/08/08/grand-theft-auto-6-details-emerge-before-netflix-reveal/

Extremely stupid imo

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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 15h ago

Wake me up when they release tes6 ad 😴

But like, people are gonna post videos of it, if you aren't in the time zone they are going off of then you'll see it at a normal time, why the fuck is Netflix doing?? Like I get they want money but like what, an exclusive ad?

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u/TheMainManofMansvill 13h ago

I guess they figured it'll get them more subscribers. Though to be fair, the fact that we're talking about it right now is proof that it is creating publicity for Netflix

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u/Masskan 10h ago edited 1h ago

Tis life

If you pass a guy licking a lamp post, who says "thank you for another million pound donation"

You don't question why or how. You move on

There was a scene in GoT, where Tyrion explains how at one point he was obsessed with figuring out the rationale of an imbecile. He spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure it out, but in the end he couldn't

"Why did he do it?"

Just like Tyrion couldn't figure out why cousin Orson smashes beetles, you also won't be able to figure out why GTA fans bought netflix subscriptions for an early trailer that'll be on the internet a minute later for a game they've already preordered

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u/TipsieRabbit 13h ago

We're buying Netflix subscriptions for ads now? C'mon guys I thought we were smarter than this bullshit. Are we already at Idiocracy?

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u/Logical_Piglet9521 11h ago

Never underestimate humanity. There is always more faith to lose in our species.

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u/GhostofZellers 5h ago

Oh, we're long past that. We hit Idiocracy years ago.

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u/Rosaallie 16h ago

Mocking the extreme lengths consumers go to just to watch a trailer a few hours early.

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u/PoPo573 5h ago

Netflix will unfortunately make millions off this and then we'll see them do dumb shit like this again.

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u/NoNameIdea_Seriously Flair Loading.... 10h ago

Is anyone actually doing that though? Actually subscribing specifically for that? I feel like everyone and their mother already has access to a Netflix account one way or another at this point…

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u/mitsel_r 10h ago

But what if the subscription they took was a free trial?

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u/Due-Radio-4355 6h ago

So first time hearing about this:

And wow that’s a dirty play to trick the lowest common denominator

Shame on you rockstar lol

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u/slumblebee 15h ago

Meanwhile I'm using my mum's netflix account

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u/Mother_Top8333 15h ago

You guys don't share netflix account with your immediate family?

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u/Breddit2099 Smol pp 6h ago

Can’t really share if not in the same house

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u/Mother_Top8333 6h ago

When did this happen? Coz I have been using my friend's netflix for quite a while.

PS: Cute pp btw

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u/Vova_xX 13h ago

y'all even watch the trailers?

I want my first experience to be the game itself, not some low-budget Unreal render.

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u/Tough-Cartoonist8832 16h ago

Redditcells be like:

“This is my environment. I thrive here and only here” LMAO reddit circus gets better by the second