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YouTube's T-Mobile ads spark user complaints over quality

YouTube is repeatedly showing users commercials for T-Mobile US that are perceived as idiotic and poorly written, leading to speculation about the quality of the advertising copywriters. The user suggests that the commercials might have been written by AI, given their perceived lack of quality, and that the writers should consider other employment if they are indeed human. AI

RANK_REASON User complaint about ad quality, not a significant industry event.

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YouTube's T-Mobile ads spark user complaints over quality

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    YouTube insists on repeatedly showing me the idiotic commercials from T-Mobile starring Billy Bob Thornton. Did they fire all the copywriters? Because if these

    YouTube insists on repeatedly showing me the idiotic commercials from T-Mobile starring Billy Bob Thornton. Did they fire all the copywriters? Because if these were not written by an # AI the writers should quit and go to work at Trader Joe’s, that’s how bad they are.