workerONE comments on Spotify caught hosting hundreds of fake podcasts that advertise selling drugs

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

People don't wish to help fight the war on drugs. Why should they? Are you destroyed by people's indifference to drug advertising or are you making a general statement not necessarily about this story? Are you okay with legal prescription drugs being advertised? Or is it the illegality that's a moral issue with you??

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[–] pineapplepizza@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Legal drugs should not be advertised either. Drugs or other treatments should be prescribed by a doctor based on a review of the actual symptoms and side effects to the patient. A drug advertisement will generally tell you the key words to tell the doctor and may be missing other factors.

I have symptoms C, L and Q. What treatment plan will be best. Vs. I want drug X because I have symptoms X Y and Z.

That said, I read the OC as a protest to Spotify and their predatory practices in general.

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm just trying to find out what about this is upsetting for the person I replied to.

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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago

I mean I think there's nothing wrong with advertising OTC meds, which is also legal here. Might sometimes let you know about a product you didn't know existed at all, common ones being gas relief drugs and joint pain creams.

Advertising prescription meds is just weird, feels very wrong, and I don't understand how some countries don't ban it.

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