All right, clue me in - what are these Jamster ads everyone is maligning?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

I must be oblivious to them; I don't know what they're about.

[BlondieK143]

1. Be thankful

that you don't know what the hell they are. They're annoying.

[Fenris]

2. Ugh.

You're lucky.

[JohnnyRingo]

3. The music industry is trying to bail itself out from lacking CD sales

It seems that while kids will swipe the lastest disc by Britney from the 'net, they don't mind paying $2.50 for a ring tone version.

They are being counted as sales of singles when determining chart position too.

On edit:
I read something of this in Rolling Stone...I'm not sure that's what "Jamster" is...But I think so.

[GRLMGC]

4. Not even

They have crappy wallpaper like "ice queen" or one of those rolling rim things. The ringtones aren't even from real celebrities like Britney (as awful as she is).

[barackmyworld]

5. OH I think I saw those!

The ads where they show a couple stupid ringtones, and then some cell backgrounds that say like "P.I.M.P."? There was one every commercial break on comedy central

[GRLMGC]

6. Yeah!

Or the one that says "Where my hoochies at?" What kind of douchebag would have that ringtone?

[JohnnyRingo]

7. If it's only wallpaper...That's even WORSE

This is the RS article I saw refering to ring tone sales:

As the music industry continues to struggle with shrinking profits, layoffs and consolidation, cell phones have suddenly emerged as a financial jackpot. Customized ring tones -- synthesized song clips that play instead of a normal ring -- now earn billions of dollars for artists, record labels and the cell-phone industry. Add improved phones and features to the mix, say some record executives, and music via mobile may outpace what's now being sold through retail and the Internet.
"This is the most explosive growth area to come," says Craig Kallman, co-president of Atlantic Records, which had a big ring-tone hit last year with Sean Paul's "Get Busy." "If you can distribute through a cell phone, you have a broader platform than what's ever been seen before."

Worldwide, the ring-tone market is already huge: Users of cell phones (primarily ages sixteen to twenty-five in Asia and Europe) spent about $3 billion in 2003 on hits such as 50 Cent's "In Da Club" and OutKast's "Hey Ya!" along with catalog favorites such as Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama." That's ten percent of the world's music market, and far more than the $100 million to $200 million that's expected to be spent this year on legal Internet downloads.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5937019

[GRLMGC]

8. I know it all too well

My roommate had a "Goodies" ringtone. It was very painful.