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Date: 24 Jun 2025 01:34:22 GMT
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 23:47:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:39:27 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> 
>> On 2025/6/23 1:27:16, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:59:15 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>> 
>>>> If they do mention what version of Windows that laptop is running,
>>>> though, I haven't noticed ...
>>> 
>>> They often do. At one time, Microsoft would pay for part of the cost
>>> of the ad if it included a phrase like “«PC company» recommends
>>> Microsoft®
>>> Windows™”.
>> 
>> ... we're hardly ever seeing <PC company> ad.s these days ...
> 
> They sponsor events to announce new products. And then you get a flurry
> of “news” articles telling the ordinary people (you and me) about the
> new GUI with the 3D effects (or lack of them) and the new
> window-placement algorithm, or the “Liquid Glass” styling, or whatever.
> 
> The big-budget advertising is still there, never fear.

There is also the not too subtle product placement. It helps that Apple 
laptops are very distinctive.

Dell has be advertising on Prime video as Amazon tries to figure out how 
many ads they can push before the viewers give up and go elsewhere. I 
think Dell has also shown up on PBS. They're not really ads; companies can 
'sponsor' specific programs and get to show their blurbs before the 
program begins. It was a neat end run around the no ads on public TV 
clause.