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Good insights, and not just software developers, really. We don’t like ads, sensationalism, or anything reeking of bullshit. If we have to talk to someone to find out the price, the product may as well not exist.

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[–] Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

No it just takes a different approach

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've always assumed the more a brand needs to advertise, the shittier their product is. It's a rule that holds most accurately to alcohol brands. (Bottom shelf plastic handles of liquor being the exception.)

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[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

I dunno, a lotta devs have bought into the AI hype train it seems.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Developers don't like the tool that's being lied about in order for like 100 rich maniacs with precarious tech stock portfolios to have an excuse to attack our profession, our wages, our stability. Just so they can retain the rate of profit that they experienced under covid 19 restrictions, because of us.

That's because we aren't idiots. We made them rich and theyre like "y'all could use a quality of life reduction." Of course we don't like it, it has little to do with marketing.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is also true for other people.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Marketing hacks the human brain.

So unless those Nerds aren't human, it works on them too.

And I'd say even more, marketing works best on those who think it doesn't work on them.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nobody is immune to all bias all of the time, you just have to know what the right bias is to push in your marketing. It's what makes advertising propaganda so insidious, it's like the flu everyone is susceptible.

[–] sbbq@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But I'm a nerd and marketing works on me...

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