r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CurlyWurly61 • May 12 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Such terrible advertisement

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I mean... at a glance its like WOAH 4 can dine for $9.99....

Until you are at the cash and they say " that'll be $45.15"

HUH??

"Oh sorry sir... it feeds 4... 4 people pay $9.99"

Gtfooo

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u/Awesomebox5000 May 12 '26

No reasonable person would believe that four could feast for just $9.99.

THEN WHY DID YOU PUT IT IN WRITING!?!??

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u/birminghamsterwheel May 12 '26

False advertising really needs to be cracked down on way more. And no, "but it's in the fine print!" should not be an acceptable workaround.

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u/DeclineToThrowAway May 12 '26

Especially in mobile ads. That shit is out of control

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u/FlimsyPhysics3281 May 12 '26

it's INFURIATING how many times the game i downloaded was not even REMOTELY like the ad i downloaded it from

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u/SnugglyCoderGuy May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Especially the ones that are like "This isn't one of those ads that show you a different game than what you will actually play" and it is exactly one of those ads.

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u/Alex5173 May 12 '26

I've gotten to the point I actively avoid anything that is advertised to me, because it was advertised to me. Hell, I was once looking for something and someone on reddit pointed me towards a website to buy exactly what I was looking for but when I went back to message them thanks I found they were a shill account for that product. So I immediately closed the tab and just went without.

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u/SiRocket May 12 '26

Haha I feel that response personally

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u/Boring_Intern_6394 May 12 '26

Yes, I will actively avoid things if they excessively advertise, especially if the advert is annoying.

I’m on a lifelong boycott of GoCompare for that reason.

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u/fart-atronach May 12 '26

I have my own ‘avoid’ list like this. Those goddamn toilet-paper bears will never get my money.

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u/bohica1937 May 12 '26

Fool me once...

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u/jaxonya May 12 '26

You cant get fooled again

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u/TheOgGhadTurner May 12 '26

I just force close the app when it starts playing ads

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u/006AlecTrevelyan May 12 '26

airplane mode works for some apps

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u/ChaoticNeutralDragon May 12 '26

wait there's apps that don't?

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u/woodlandcollective May 12 '26

Never seen ads on Retroarch lol

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u/SiRocket May 12 '26

Literally every time. My satisfaction is rating them 1 star for that alone.

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u/Trendiggity May 12 '26

"We are sorry to hear that your experience of our brand has been less than optimal. We are always using customer feedback to improve our app and will let the dev team know, thanks to you for playing"

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u/QuerulousPanda May 12 '26

heh it's like that game with the guy shooting at the advancing line of stuff, with the bonuses to add and remove guys, that does actually look like a pretty fun, if kind of dumb, gameplay loop, but apparently even those games aren't actually like that.

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u/NoXion604 May 13 '26

Stories like this aren't exactly dissuading me from my impression that mobile gaming is a fucking wasteland.