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AZJonnie

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12. I disagree with the wording of #4, because "you" ARE the customer. BUT you are also the product.

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 12:34 PM

Dec 6

They are not mutually exclusive ideas. It is more accurate to state you're not JUST the customer of the media creators, you are also a (potential) customer of others with financial (and in many cases, political) interests in the media product you are viewing/hearing. Due to the existence of the latter, that means you are *also* a product that the media creator leverages to help fund their project.

It's the same dynamic as Facebook. You're not just a customer of Facebook, you're also a product of Facebook, that Facebook leverages to fund their operation. Because others want you to be THEIR customer as well as Facebook's, so they pay Facebook in that hope.

Other than that, it's all quite astute and accurate.

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Four Things You Need To Understand About "Hollywood" [View all] GreatGazoo Dec 6 OP

Thank you for the excellent summation. Kid Berwyn Dec 6 #1

Yes and look how much damage just ONE TV SHOW did GreatGazoo Dec 6 #3

NBC Foisted Trump on America Kid Berwyn Dec 6 #6

Very Informative jfz9580m Dec 6 #15

Absolutely right on! pandr32 Dec 6 #2

David Boies as lawyer for Napster argued that due to the growing dominance of media companies GreatGazoo Dec 6 #4

Spectators you say? BattleRow Dec 6 #14

An excellent question. ancianita Dec 6 #20

Smoking and jewelry underpants Dec 6 #5

Fear of jewelry: kosmemophobia. hay rick Dec 6 #7

Nope. underpants Dec 6 #9

Wow, you learn something new every day. meadowlander Dec 6 #19

Your post jogged a memory of the Jostens people coming to my high school. Xavier Breath Dec 6 #10

Exactly. I never bought a letter jacket either underpants Dec 6 #11

Our school colors were red and gray, which made for an ugly gray wool jacket with red trim. Xavier Breath Dec 6 #13

Edward Bernays was Sigmund Freuds nephew,btw. BattleRow Dec 6 #16

Yeah. He applied Freudian elements to his PR/group psychology underpants Dec 6 #17

So much entertainment focuses on the exploits of demented and predatory people. hay rick Dec 6 #8

I disagree with the wording of #4, because "you" ARE the customer. BUT you are also the product. AZJonnie Dec 6 #12

How can one be a customer of Facebook if one never pays Facebook? GreatGazoo Dec 6 #21

You are still a customer in the sense that the product that they create has to appeal to you AZJonnie Dec 6 #23

Great commentary GG popsdenver Dec 6 #18

Also there's a LOT of fascists in Hollywood. Initech Dec 6 #22

If I can't make the advertising go away I don't watch television. hunter Dec 6 #24