It is a matter of time before they figure out how to do targeted ads in dreams.
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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And I'm sure this in no way will invade people's privacy.
"Hmm, why is the anti-queer politician sitting next to me being served dozens of male underwear ads? Hmmmm..."
"Why is my daughter receiving ads for newborn diapers? Hmmm..."
"Why is my neighbor receiving ads for anger management? Hmmm..."
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TRAAAAAIIIIIIIINS.
I wish I had train options where I live
Targeted, individualized, advertising should be illegal. This will gut a lot of the motivations for the privacy invasions and data harvesting. This is how advertising worked for thousands of years. I think it could continue to be just fine.
The amount of resources humanity is spending on targeted advertising is extremely depressing when you consider the opportunity cost. There are thousands of engineers and product managers that spend all day on this stuff instead of anything useful.
This is an interesting idea!
"weird, yeah I got here and this screen just had all this sharpie over it, i dunno how it happened"
A very sticky sticker will do a better job
This just confirms my decision to never fly United again
Their seats did that for me. I'm 5'11", not a giant, and my knees were straight up jammed into the seat in front of me. Completely insane that they're even legally allowed to sell those to people as seats. They might fit a child.
What did it for me was a long delay that got me landed at my destination after car rental was closed
Not so much the delay itself; that upset me, but I get that things happen
It was the reason for the delay: a simple maintenance thing with the plane had them taking the engine further and further apart while we watched from the terminal, ultimately deciding they weren't getting this thing back up and running again anytime soon and having to get us another plane (which we had to wait for to fly to us)
Why couldn't they figure it out? Because they didn't have anyone who knew how to work on that plane model available
There are so many ways that pisses me off and makes me never want to trust them again
Also, every flight I had with them, including the return trip that I'd already booked from that trip, was miserable
Say what you will about Southwest but they know their damned planes inside and out and overall run their fleet efficiently and consistently. It's like riding a bus that flies
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But now you can silently judge your neighbors for the ads they are seeing.
Or be jealous.