A company called Apex (株式会社アペックス) is going to “sell” drinks for free using vending machines. Instead of asking you for money, they will show you a CM while the vending machine pours your drink in a paper cup.
Let’s see which blog 😉 is the first one to take a picture of one of these machines.
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I would do it. Seems we are bombarded with ads everywhere these days, so i don’t see it being much of a difference. Plus you get a free drink.
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