Samsung pulled an ad that compared a laptop to a puppy because "it was clearly upsetting people," a rep from Samsung's ad agency says.
The company introduced the ad called "Don't Give Up on Puppy Love!" early Monday. The ad. which promoted Samsung's Solid State Drives, showed consumers getting fed up with their PCs and then physically attacking them. Via animation, Samsung superimposed a big-eyed face that looked like a puppy onto the PCs. The juxtaposition was disturbing for some, who charged that the ad was condoning animal abuse. (For those curious about the ad, it was still available here at this writing.)
"I'm actually a bit emotionally disturbed after viewing the early scenes o…
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