I love watching people complain about how this should've been going on since the dawn of time. You all do realize that this is, sadly, somewhat important, right?
This is a huge industry that makes incredible amounts of money year over year. You can't endorse fistfuls of free products with no clear revenue stream and then complain about the efforts of an industry that actually handles some revenue generation off of said products.
Apple, at least in the realm of Mobile, is pretty awesome in this regard: by having a model where things have the expectancy of charging you up front, they can safely say "fuck you" to advertisers/marketers like this. More companies should realize this and run along the same tracks.
This is a huge industry that makes incredible amounts of money year over year. You can't endorse fistfuls of free products with no clear revenue stream and then complain about the efforts of an industry that actually handles some revenue generation off of said products.
Apple, at least in the realm of Mobile, is pretty awesome in this regard: by having a model where things have the expectancy of charging you up front, they can safely say "fuck you" to advertisers/marketers like this. More companies should realize this and run along the same tracks.