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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2026
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A character simply driving a Mercedes car is one thing. But podcast ads are more akin to a movie character entirely interrupting the flow of the film to stop and talk for two minutes straight about how great Mercedes is and to recite a series of specifications about that model car and gush at what a low price it is.
Transformers did it bud lite. The difference is one if meant to have a fourth wall.
I'm not defending ads, I hate them and block them almost entirely. And fuck spotify, their product gets worse every year. But its not spotify being shite to premium subs that podcasters have sponsors.
Like stranger things did with new coke
Or Bones with the Prius. Several episodes where the character brags about the GPS and the parking assist at length.