red_pigeonJun 29, 2024

What are some marketing tactics that you dislike ?

https://lemm.ee/post/35827233

What are some marketing tactics that you dislike ? - lemm.ee

For me it is when companies/services market themselves as donating to XYZ cause if I buy their product. If they want to donate, they should have already done that with the money they have. Asking me to give them profit so that they can donate is so obviously pretentious.

Show threadVinny_93Jun 29, 2024
To me it’s sending me e-mails I have not explicitly signed up for. I have had once or twice, when I had filled out a form to order something and without pressing submit, they had already registered my e-mail address and signed me up for all kinds of spam, starting with ‘weren’t you about to order something’.
Show threadObiniceJun 30, 2024
That’s very illegal in the UK and EU, oh my.
Show threadVinny_93

Yep this was Canal Digital in the Netherlands. I sent them an e-mail that they should really stop doing this or I would mention it to the AP (Dutch privacy guard dog).

I mentioned it to the AP regardless.

Jun 30, 2024 at 5:52amWeb