Comment Re:It's called Marketing (Score 1) 284
so I think I'd like a scion, but from what it sounds like, the customizer commercials may be marketing in the same what that sony does it.
I see tricked out scions parked at movie theaters and clubs, but there's nothing that says "this is an ad". When I watch TV and see tuners showing their scions and talking about customizing, I never see them talking about getting paid to trick it out or how much free stuff toyota gave them to do it. Is that marketing dishonesty, too?
Why don't we all assume it's marketing so we don't waste energy on trying to figure out if it is.
Better yet, maybe we can debate if Apple's ads are lies, too. You see a hip, trim, and athletic cut-out dancing with an iPod, are we being misled into thinking that anyone who get's an ipod is cool, hip, trim, or athletic? Should apple and all consumer goods companies provide "truth in advertising" and say "your actual coolness may vary" or "apple: we're selling cool AND the ipod" you only get the ipod"?