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ToxicBanana69 t1_j6e2iqq wrote

Reply to comment by akaMichAnthony in Three seconds of audio could end up costing Fox $500,000 by blaspheminCapn

Yeah, but to be fair I doubt any company, mega or not, would willingly use it knowing it’ll cost half a million dollars, especially when there’s alternatives to using it.

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akaMichAnthony t1_j6e3vou wrote

You’re not wrong, but they also have been giving away $100,000 every week for an NFL pick’em contest. Which I’m pretty sure is just data collection racket at its core anyway. So what’s another $500,000.

If any business is able to just print it’s own money, it’s the NFL and it’s broadcast partners. I would not be at all shocked if it was 100% intentional.

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sonofsmog t1_j6e7puw wrote

It's another 500K that's what.

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mindofdarkness t1_j6gd4s4 wrote

A fox movie that makes $500k at the box office would be considered a commercial failure. Yes it’s actual money, but it is effectively nothing for a corporation, a rounding error.

If you are trying to actually protect anything it shouldn’t be a rounding error.

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jakeba t1_j6e8eco wrote

The point of a commercial is to draw attention to a product. Any company would use it if they think the attention is worth the cost.

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