Oh good. Because if there's a profile of my advertising preferences out there, it knows that when I am forced to view an ad, I look away from the screen, turn off the volume, sigh dramatically, and say "Fuck right in the ass."
Personalize away.
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2024
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You & me both, friend.
I work for a company that does marketing, and they are seriously struggling right now because TV and Social media ads are getting more expensive, while at the same time becoming less effective.
Yes. This is true.
Because ads suck and people hate them. Whats the new way? Be good at what you do so people talk about your brand. Show up in searches when I'm looking for you. That's it.
Astonishing! Who would have thought that be the case? Actually doing the work instead of paying your way to success? That cant be correct! /s
Honestly I wouldn't have thought that this would happen anytime
This is why you bring tape and a few pieces of paper in your carry-on
We need augmented reality glasses with uBlock Origin now more them ever. Fuck United Airlines and the ad-riddled plane they flew in on.
You mean a piece of cardboard and duct tape
XReal glasses shut everything off and mirrors your phone already.
A couple years ago I paid what I felt was quite a bit of money for good seats on a plane. Then they started playing ads on the screen in front of me during take off. There was no way to turn off the screen and it literally felt like this screen was being thrust my face that I had no co trol over. Airline is the worst way to travel and they are only going to get more predatory.
Post-it notes. One pack is enough for like a third of the plane.
I flew Icelandic air recently and they had A 4 minute long ad playing with no way to skip or mute that had to play before the entertainment system was available. It played a soon as you turned it on!
I had to unplug and look away for 4+ minutes
I highly doubt you actually couldn't turn it off if it was during flight. Also you could just not look at the screen, same as with any other ads you see in your daily life constantly.
Also you could just not look at the screen
You mean the screen that's directly in front of you, very close to you?
ability to reach engaged customers
Not sure that being stuck to a spot in a tube you can't just escape (and easily live) from is the same as "engaged".
All I can say...
Booooooo!
Capitalism breeds inovation
And now I will never fly United again. Time to move on
I bet soon more airlines will follow. Our cars are no different either. No much options left for traveling.
I will not travel then. I refuse to be violated.
I admire your conviction. But in that case we also have to consider how your right to move about freely is being affected. If you feel like you need to choose not to travel when you want or need to travel, how will you reconcile? Do you weigh and choose the lesser evil? Seems like you just end up violated one way or another. I don't like it, not any of this.
When you fly on Air Canada there’s a unmutable ad for the Alberta oil sands right after the safety announcement before takeoff. It’s surreal enough, but it’ll be so much worse when they start doing this kind of shit too.
Your next flight, a minimum of 22 minutes of uninterrupted flying time during every hour in the air!
Yeah. This. This is what will send me to live in a commune.
Novadays they also use biometric to enter
I launch baseball cap pulled down on my eyes
I'm okay IF the ads were only from novels of my liking. Never gonna happen though...
Hmmm, yeah, see? This is why they shouldn't be allowed to call the ads they have now, "personalized" when they're really not.