Using Sex Toys To Sell Mobile Phones

(Mis)Uses of Technology

from the seems-a-bit-extreme dept

A Dutch firm is getting slammed by its partners for offering to give away a sex toy with every mobile phone and subscription plan sold. The carrier they’re using is, needless to say, not happy. Well, it definitely got the company some attention, though, most of it isn’t exactly good publicity. I would think there are better ways to get attention. However, the company makes the argument that they’re not just doing this as a publicity stunt since “the products are very well designed”. There are a ton of very well designed products that don’t get given away with cell phone plans…