Love That You Tube Joke

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There's a little joke that You Tube likes to pull. You go to You Tube to look up a product (either a vintage commercial, or doing research on something you're considering buying), and what do they do? Before your video starts they give you a commercial....for a competing product. I'm sure that's carefully-staged "product placement." For instance, what prompted this was going to YT for a look at a hybrid minivan (not that I need a minivan: even if I were schizophrenic I don't need that many seats in my car ) from Chrysler. Before the video began, I was "treated" to a ten-second commercial.... From Ford. It's not the only time I've noticed it. Look up a DIY project and you get a Menard's ad (well, if you live in a part of the country where you have Menard's [we just recently got them nearby]). Look up a Honda review and a local Toyota dealership pops up. It is product placement. I appreciate the humor, though, of having the Chevrolet video I'm watching sponsored by Ford. A little driving music: