This week all the folks using Internet Explorer 6 had problems with one of my posts. It would take down the whole blog, nothing would load, or at least that is what I was told since I use Firefox and Safari and they were working just fine. (Being a Mac person from way back I don't consort with the dark side... "come to the dark side Luke, come to the dark side...." ;o) )
Now M$ is coming out with IE 8 which hopefully will be a little more forgiving than its predecessors. To market this new browser they came out with this ad, which they promptly pulled after people complained.
Now besides the fact that the humour has the subtlety of something my 13 year old students would think up, there is also the underlying message that it's OK to go to disgusting porn sites, because now you can hide it from your wife and family. What kind of selling point is that? No wonder people complained enough for them to take it off. What is remarkable is that nobody at M$ saw that before using it. Putting a positive spin on it, they even had the chutzpah to crow about how they listened to their customers. Two inches of cheek all over...
O M G I G P Internet Explorer 8 Puke Vomit Girl
Now M$ is coming out with IE 8 which hopefully will be a little more forgiving than its predecessors. To market this new browser they came out with this ad, which they promptly pulled after people complained.
Now besides the fact that the humour has the subtlety of something my 13 year old students would think up, there is also the underlying message that it's OK to go to disgusting porn sites, because now you can hide it from your wife and family. What kind of selling point is that? No wonder people complained enough for them to take it off. What is remarkable is that nobody at M$ saw that before using it. Putting a positive spin on it, they even had the chutzpah to crow about how they listened to their customers. Two inches of cheek all over...
O M G I G P Internet Explorer 8 Puke Vomit Girl
5 comments:
Given the title of the video, I think I better skip it!
Naaasty!
Who was the margeting "genius" that came up with that one? That was hideous!
The world just gets creepier and creepier. God I am glad I'm old and won't have to see this crap play all the way through.
I'm afraid to watch the video!!
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