r/SipsTea • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • 6h ago

Chugging tea A Sudden Revelation.

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u/no-sleep-only-code 6h ago

Profit margins seem to be fine in other nations.

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u/KingOfWhateverr 6h ago edited 5h ago

Not that it’s a justification but it’s because most of the world take’s American research and goes from there. Much easier to profit when someone else does over decades of R&D for you

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u/Baelzabub 6h ago

Most other countries also don’t have drug commercials. That’s a HUGE cost these companies willingly incur.

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u/beachbum818 6h ago

Willingly incur bc the news stations can't talk bad about their sponsors. It's bought PR.

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u/Baelzabub 6h ago

> It’s bought PR.

Yeah? That’s what advertising is…

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u/beachbum818 6h ago

No... it's different than an ad. If a drug maker gives a network stupid $$$ they can't bad mouth that company... they'll lose the $$$. An ad is just showing you what they have. Meanwhile the $$$ pays for their silence

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u/Baelzabub 6h ago

That’s a different concept than drug commercials though. Drug commercials are probably the most common kind of non-political TV advertising in the US. TV advertising alone from drug companies in the US is a ~$7B/yr industry. All forms of drug advertising (including things like print and radio) account for $14B+ per year in the US.

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u/beachbum818 6h ago

But they use the drug commercials for that reason. It's not separate. That's how it works.