Comments on: Truly Tasteless Microsoft Ad http://www.unconfused.net/2009/07/05/truly-tasteless-microsoft-ad/ faith, technology, politics, and everything in between Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: evan http://www.unconfused.net/2009/07/05/truly-tasteless-microsoft-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-74 evan Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:06:51 +0000 http://www.unconfused.net/2009/07/05/truly-tasteless-microsoft-ad/#comment-74 I have to make another comment on this video. Josh and I were chatting about it yesterday, and it is crazy that people were more disturbed by the vomiting, as opposed to being disturbed by the notion that it is okay for your husband to look at pornography, as long as he covers his tracks! Insane. I've noticed though that this is an interesting difference between featured videos and content for rival services though too. If you are on the Sony Playstation Store...there are violent previews and such, and some questionable content, as there are with most services. But then check out Xbox Live's video previews and such...and you will find a ton more sexual content as featured videos and such. Perhaps this is just Microsoft's M.O.... to play to the lowest social tendencies for business. Software piracy, sexual content and innuendos, and deceptive tactics. I have to make another comment on this video. Josh and I were chatting about it yesterday, and it is crazy that people were more disturbed by the vomiting, as opposed to being disturbed by the notion that it is okay for your husband to look at pornography, as long as he covers his tracks! Insane.

I’ve noticed though that this is an interesting difference between featured videos and content for rival services though too. If you are on the Sony Playstation Store…there are violent previews and such, and some questionable content, as there are with most services. But then check out Xbox Live’s video previews and such…and you will find a ton more sexual content as featured videos and such.

Perhaps this is just Microsoft’s M.O…. to play to the lowest social tendencies for business. Software piracy, sexual content and innuendos, and deceptive tactics.

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