So they’re saying that if Linus suffers a bit then all is forgiven? They’re not worried about the SA charges or intense deadlines that results in lower quality videos?
Worse than that. It’s more along the lines of asserting that they are happy with the financial arrangement and “jokes” as per the status quo, and that they stand by him and his decision to advertise their product for money on the “apoplogy” video. They’re making fun of the ones raising the issues, not linus. Even further they’re trying to milk to controversy for attention.
I thought it was just the “milking the controversy” part, but I don’t know dbrand’s marketing well enough to know if this was approval or disapproval of how he’s handling things.
How do you feel about Karen’s Diner? Their whole shtick is to be rude and unprofessional to customers. Same goes for dbrand. It is their brand to be unprofessional.
I’ve never been there, nor am I interested in going there (and I live nowhere close anyway), but I’m okay with the marketing fitting the product. If their wait staff is rude, their marketing being rude sets the appropriate expectations, and I’d probably recommend them to anyone who may be interested.
But that’s quite different from what dbrand offers. Dbrand sells skins, cases, and other related products, so their marketing should focus on their products. Maybe if their skins were largely meta in nature (e.g. they sold pictures with Linus’ face and a big cross through it), I could understand it a bit. But their website doesn’t match their social media presence.
If a company’s branding isn’t consistent, what does that say about their products and product direction? So no, I’ll look for a company I find more consistent and reputable. I don’t buy products based on hype, but I certainly will avoid brands that seem inconsistent.
We can judge all we want by their approach, but their performance numbers don’t reflect your theory. Perhaps you’re not their target demographic, and that’s ok.
Yup, I’m definitely not their target demographic, device as my point. I’m not saying you or anyone else shouldn’t buy their products based on their marketing, only that it repels me as a customer.
Yeah, I’m less interested in buying dbrand products now. I’m still very much displeased with LMG/LTT, but this was unprofessional.
I’d prefer if they just said something like this:
This kind of nonsense is just childish.
This is them condoning the behavior and showing their support for the channel in their weird cringey way. Not a condemnation.
So they’re saying that if Linus suffers a bit then all is forgiven? They’re not worried about the SA charges or intense deadlines that results in lower quality videos?
If true, that’s much worse.
Worse than that. It’s more along the lines of asserting that they are happy with the financial arrangement and “jokes” as per the status quo, and that they stand by him and his decision to advertise their product for money on the “apoplogy” video. They’re making fun of the ones raising the issues, not linus. Even further they’re trying to milk to controversy for attention.
I thought it was just the “milking the controversy” part, but I don’t know dbrand’s marketing well enough to know if this was approval or disapproval of how he’s handling things.
Regardless, it turns me off from dbrand.
How do you feel about Karen’s Diner? Their whole shtick is to be rude and unprofessional to customers. Same goes for dbrand. It is their brand to be unprofessional.
I’ve never been there, nor am I interested in going there (and I live nowhere close anyway), but I’m okay with the marketing fitting the product. If their wait staff is rude, their marketing being rude sets the appropriate expectations, and I’d probably recommend them to anyone who may be interested.
But that’s quite different from what dbrand offers. Dbrand sells skins, cases, and other related products, so their marketing should focus on their products. Maybe if their skins were largely meta in nature (e.g. they sold pictures with Linus’ face and a big cross through it), I could understand it a bit. But their website doesn’t match their social media presence.
If a company’s branding isn’t consistent, what does that say about their products and product direction? So no, I’ll look for a company I find more consistent and reputable. I don’t buy products based on hype, but I certainly will avoid brands that seem inconsistent.
What says about them is market performance. Year over year growth for the past 3 years, 60th in top ecommerce sites for electronic-related domain.
https://ecommercedb.com/store/dbrand.com
We can judge all we want by their approach, but their performance numbers don’t reflect your theory. Perhaps you’re not their target demographic, and that’s ok.
Yup, I’m definitely not their target demographic, device as my point. I’m not saying you or anyone else shouldn’t buy their products based on their marketing, only that it repels me as a customer.
Go look at the dbrand website. The marketing is all over the top asshole type marketing and it pokes fun at a ton of shit.
Getting real worked up over nothing
I’m not worked up, just elaborating on what I said. If I was worked up, I’d be using much stronger language.
I’m merely saying dbrand’s marketing makes me less likely to buy or recommend their products, that’s all.