“Last week, Samsung invited Adam Levine from Maroon 5… on stage during its Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge announcement to discuss new partnerships between musicians and the electronics company,” Dan Seifert reports for The Verge.
“Levine was quick to joke about doing a ‘ceremonial iPhone burning after this,’ but it seems like his iPhone has avoided becoming a pile of ash,” Seifert reports. “Just today, Levine tweeted about appearing on The Ellen Show from, you guessed it, an iPhone.”
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If Samsung wanted to pay me $30,000 to trash Apple onstage I too would grin and bear it… And then get on with my Apple-loving upgraded life.
Yes,
One more who sold his soul for money!
What else is new?
We just haggle over the price.
Honest people’s Soul is so expensive,
NO AMOUNT MONEY CAN BUY IT.
Not really sure one’s soul is connected to which mobile device you promote.
Hardly sold his soul. Let’s be real. I’d take samsung’s money and use my iPhone to report about it.
That is what the street walker said
Bravo!
For some people, morals and scruples are something to be bought and sold. I couldn’t make myself sell out like that because my values are firm and not movable goal posts. Aren’t all Apple fans the same?
There seem to be quite a few people on this forum who are claiming some very lofty moral ground on this issue. Except there is nothing amoral about it.
It isn’t like they had pledged their loyalty to Apple and they are now cheating on Apple by taking Samsung’s money to promote it. Nor is it the other way round (pledging their loyalty to Samsung and then cheating with Apple behind Samsung’s back).
This person, like many other famous people before him, signed a contract which requires him to appear in a promotional event for a Samsung device. In such an event, he was required to say some things and do some things. He got paid to do this.
I”m not sure there are may people who believe Tom Cruise is really a murderer, just because he played one in “The Collateral”. Or that Cristoph Waltz is really a Nazi German (just because he played on in “Inglorious Basterds”).
THAT IS RIGHT !
YOU ARE MARRIED TO A BEAUTIFUL WIFE FOR 7 YEARS and
Want to PROSTITUTE YOURSELF FOR MONEY.
YOU ARE RIGHT MY FRIEND…nothing more said!
I don’t think any Apple fanboi (not even the most rabid ones) would equate marriage with ownership of an Apple device. That is just disturbing on so many levels.
Your point is well taken.
However, A person say much good about a product he does not want to use, is called a liar.
Don’t forget so many people are in jail and have been executed unnecessarily, because some liar vouched for their crime.
Think about it.
I disagree with you on this, Predrag. There is something immoral in pimping yourself out for money by lying about your commitment/involvement with a product or service. It is fraudulent and the people who engage in that practice are sell-outs who are risking their professional reputations (if they have one to risk).
Personally, I take no stock in celebrity endorsements. What they think, wear, or use has absolutely no influence on my life.
By the way, the last part of your post makes no sense at all, Predrag. There is a distinct and fundamental difference between promoting a product or service as yourself, and acting in a movie. In the former, you are using your personal influence as a celebrity to promote the product or service. In the latter, you are acting. If you are acting when you promote the product or service, then the advertisement is deceptive and misleading.
There is a difference.
I’m sure there may be people (in fact probably quite many) that genuinely believe a celebrity when (s)he promotes a product or service. After all, this is probably what the advertiser is trying to buy — authentic personal credibility of a celebrity (who eats Wheaties and wears Nikes because that was his personal choice / preference). However, I had always assumed that majority of population is very much aware that these celebrities are paid to promote a product, and that the only point of the exercise is that a celebrity has a louder voice than a no-name actor or some other promotional channel. When Oprah cays she loves Kindle, we all know that she received a big fat cheque from Bezos, so that Kindle is most likely NOT her personal preference, but the point is that we all did hear from her about the Kindle, which we wouldn’t have, if it were promoted by some other less conspicuous way. I don’t think that too many people were genuinely deceived, believing that Oprah truly loves Kindle so much.
Whether or no the majority of people were deceived is not the issue. We were discussing the attempt to deceive…then intent to deceive. The morality of an action is not dependent on its success or failure.
If the celebrity endorsements did not work then they would not be paid lots of money for them. But celebrities are paid lots of money, so a reasonable assumption is that they work in terms of the bottom line – profits. You can call it what you will, a “louder voice” or simply “influence.” But it amounts to the same thing. Their actions and endorsements impact consumer behavior.
I do not care about celebrities. You may not care about celebrities. But a lot of people do. And celebrities often have much greater influence on the young and easily impressionable.
We can disagree on this, Predrag. In the broader scheme of things, we all have more important things about which to worry than celebrities pimping themselves out for endorsement money. But your argument did not make sense to me, and I felt compelled to respond to what I believe is a non sequitur on your part.
You’re right, I still disagree; while you may feel a bit tired of arguing this, I’m just putting it out there, in case you have time to read it.
If there is an understanding that most people know that these celebrities are just paid endorsers (and not necessarily actual users, of their own choice), then there isn’t any moral issue.
Then there is a point to be made by all the athletic sponsorships, where a high-profile athlete uses a specific brand of sneakers, racquet, sports attire, etc. These types of sponsorship, where it is clear that the endorsement is an actual personal choice, may sway some parts of population to equate other high-profile Hollywood people with athletes. Still, I can’t think of anyone I know who would base purchasing decisions on what a TV personality is promoting.
Actors are paid for playing a role.
It doesn’t mean they are murderers or rapists in real life…😏
In other news, after spending $400 million on NFL, Microsoft still gets their clunky-case Surface 2 tablets called “iPad-like tools”.
Or maybe Adam Levine’s publicist uses an iPhone … or the person who Levine’s publicist hired to send tweets uses an iPhone.
Would that be the same publicist who got Adam Levine the Samsung deal in the first place?? In which case, s/he should know that his name is supposed to be linked to Samsung, not Apple. Anyway you look at it, it’s a f*ck up.
Maybe, but a good one.
who is Adam Levine?
Maybe he will use some of that hard earned money and buy some singing lessons.
Is he a singer? Who’d have known?
You must be joking, who on earth is this Adam Levine?! (really, don´t bother to answer). Nothing new about people selling themselves. You call them……..something.
Really not worth mentioning MDN. Please God make him use Samsung in the future, please.
Fake, Lies, Deception and Betrayal
But it’s SO Samsung….
presenters, sponsored stars are just giving back to samsung what Samsung is famous for.
Is Samsung the only one not seeing the pattern?
Moves like Gilligan.
Why don’t M$ and ScamSung just merge?
They could call it MicroScam.
The only ones who get it would be juvenile Middle School students who, although rightly despising Samsung, think its clever or funny to give it a Baby name. How about “Poopy-sung” or “Micro-peepie” while you’re at it? Just a pet peeve… sorry. Seriously, folks- Adam Levine may be a nice guy but a walking piece of newsprint has about as much taste as the nerds in Redmond. I predict- when people run out of flesh for their repulsive ink- well, we’ve seen people tat their eyeballs and gums and private parts- nest, open heart surgery with “Mom” on your actual heart. This generation is the tackiest, most shallow and narcissistic ever- see Selfies, watch VMA’s….
(BIGGEST pet peeve.) But, yes- Samsung Sucks.
thanks, auramaciepoo.
Lol what a joke
Would I accept an additional .05% of my net worth to publicly proclaim that I enjoy sucking dick? No, I would not. But I’m sure many would, despite not enjoying that at all. Difference for me is that no one has nor ever shall brand me a cocksucker.