- ram ( @ram@lemmy.ca ) English38•1 year ago
I’m so fucking tired of advertisements. I’m sick and tired of it.
- eu ( @eu@kbin.social ) 11•1 year ago
That’s basically why I am here. I can’t go back to Reddit’s official app and its ads after using Boost and Joey for years.
- 2deck ( @2deck@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year ago
Agreed… Augmented reality is going to be a nightmare hahah
There are ways around adds; alternative apps, addblockers, roms and privacy focused browsers. The only mandatory adds are on street corners imo
If adblockers didn’t work, I’d be living alone in the woods somewhere.
- GIMC ( @GIMC@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year ago
This, I feel monetized. I dont like that feeling and it’s the one of the reasons i’ve stopped using reddit
- cavemeat ( @cavemeat@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year ago
Me too, I’ve basically left all traditional social media because of it.
- Pekka ( @Pekka@feddit.nl ) English34•1 year ago
Apps that autoplay video adds really don’t respect people on mobile metered connections. Especially if these videos are 90 seconds long. This is such a greedy addition to an app where you are already paying for a product…
- sik0fewl ( @sik0fewl@kbin.social ) 11•1 year ago
Ya, I hope this means my ride is free.
- DpwnShift ( @DpwnShift@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
HAhahahahahaha, that’s a good one!
- Supermariofan67 ( @Supermariofan67@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) English26•1 year ago
Why the fuck are ads even profitable? Seriously? Who actually sees an ad and thinks “I’m going to buy this product”? When I see an ad I think “fuck you” and I’m less likely to buy their product.
- dan ( @dan@upvote.au ) English14•1 year ago
You’d be surprised. Advertisers wouldn’t be running the ads if they didn’t have positive ROI (return on investment). A good ROI is usually at least 5x (that is, for every dollar the advertiser spends on ads, they make five dollars). Google’s estimates are even higher at 8x:
we conservatively estimate that for every $1 a business spends on Google Ads, they receive $8 in profit through Google Search and Ads.
(source: https://economicimpact.google/methodology/)
Retargeting ads - the ones where you view a product somewhere then see ads for it on Google, Facebook, etc - are especially successful. They have a very good clickthrough rate since the product is already something the user expressed interest in.
- cavemeat ( @cavemeat@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
People who are very anti-corporation/advertising/etc are unfortunately a minority.
- Seeker of Carcosa ( @WillOfTheWest@beehaw.org ) English14•1 year ago
They’re paying for a portion of your attention. They’re slowly building an association with their product such that when you finally get around to buying say a VPN subscription your first thought is “Nord.”
It’s not going to affect everyone the same, for instance my thoughts on VPNs are “anything but Nord”; but they only need a fraction of users to develop a positive association with their brand.
- TheBurlapBandit ( @TheBurlapBandit@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
Nord’s cheap and keeps my ISP off my ass for torrenting. That’s all I need.
- 1993_toyota_camry ( @1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
so do 100 other options, though.
but nord is a huge advertising spender so it’s what most people associate with ‘vpn’
- TheBurlapBandit ( @TheBurlapBandit@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
I looked through a bunch of options and Nord was the cheapest though, so it was the actual service that sold me on it not the ads. Unless something cheaper has come along since, that was ~2 years ago.
- GilbertGarfield ( @GilbertGarfield@lemm.ee ) English23•1 year ago
The over-commercialization of everyday life we see in the Cyberpunk genre is finally becoming real. Now where’s my flying car?
- Isildun ( @Isildun@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
At least let me get some cybernetic enhancements off the street or something…
- zakomo ( @zakomo@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
69,666 ads away to enter the raffle. Start watching.
- grant 🍞 ( @grant@toast.ooo ) English17•1 year ago
Yeah, but… why?
- BioHall ( @BioHall@lemmy.pt ) English5•1 year ago
Money
- jsqribe ( @jsqribe@feedly.j-cloud.uk ) English15•1 year ago
No worries we will just uninstall them all same way we did Netflix.
Imagine federated Uber/Eats 😂
- Osayidan ( @Osayidan@social.vmdk.ca ) English5•1 year ago
Call it Federeats
- NightOwl ( @NightOwl@lemmy.one ) English13•1 year ago
If you aren’t paying you are the product…Wait…Aren’t we paying?
- Plume (She/Her) ( @Plume@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year ago
Yes but… what if we could make more money?
- Kevin Herrera ( @kherge@beehaw.org ) English13•1 year ago
I’ll be happy if they go through with this. I already have trouble resisting the lure of easy access food, but this will help me kick that habit.
- Rekkar ( @rekkar@feddit.de ) English12•1 year ago
non-paywalled link: https://archive.is/foKCB
The reason simply seems to be a: “Well, what are you gonna do? We want to squeeze every cent out of you”
- Takatakatakatakatak ( @bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English6•1 year ago
What am I gonna do? Simple. Just stop using your services. You either respect your customer or you don’t. There are plenty of alternatives.
- minorsecond ( @minorsecond@kbin.social ) 12•1 year ago
I am so sick of ads being everywhere. It’s such a mental load.
- mobyduck648 ( @mobyduck648@beehaw.org ) 5•1 year ago
I genuinely believe ads are a form of pollution. The pollution they spread is psychological but it’s pollution nonetheless, ads exist to make us feel bad about something enough to make a purchase and why shouldn’t things that exist to make us feel bad be removed from our environment?
- milkytoast ( @milkytoast@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
same. fortunately with all the apps I use, I havnt seen an ad anywhere in ages, not on youtube, ig, web, anywhere
- minorsecond ( @minorsecond@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
My pihole helps quite a bit, but some still sneak in. I had to use a VPN to get a cheap rate for Youtube premium which helps a ton. Instagram ads and mail ads are unavoidable still.
- milkytoast ( @milkytoast@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
mail ads? on instagram, i use instander (android)
- minorsecond ( @minorsecond@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Yes, at least in the US, we get a ton of ads via mail (post). It’s a huge pain. I use iOS and I don’t think there are any Instagram alternative apps.
- milkytoast ( @milkytoast@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
oh i remember, i get tons of email ads, theyre just in a separate tab lol. so i never see them
- minorsecond ( @minorsecond@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
I mean physical mail, lol. You go out to your mailbox and have a handful of crap that you have to throw away.
- milkytoast ( @milkytoast@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
oh yeah that too lol
- ed2417 ( @ed2417@beehaw.org ) English12•1 year ago
This should be good for Lyft.
- JasSmith ( @JasSmith@kbin.social ) 10•1 year ago
I don’t use any services with ads. None. This will be the end of me using Uber.
- 1993_toyota_camry ( @1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org ) English10•1 year ago
Video ads will run on the primary Uber app while users wait for their drivers to arrive and during their trips, said Mark Grether, vice president and general manager of Uber Technologies’ advertising division. They will also appear on tablets installed inside certain Uber cars.
The Uber Eats app will play video ads after customers place orders and continue until their deliveries arrive; Drizly will run them in search results on its app and website as well as other areas of the site.
Why do they think anyone will leave the app open after ordering, if it just plays ads nonstop? Is the idea that each time they load it to check their order status an ad starts playing?
Audio for ads on the company’s apps will be muted by default, while users will need to manually turn off the audio and display components of the in-ride tablets, according to Grether. Ad inventory will initially be sold directly to buyers in the form of brand takeover packages, with only one company’s ads running during any single ride or transaction.
In-car tablets with audio-enabled ads for a single company on repeat. Poor poor drivers.
I bet the first thing a driver will say once a patron gets in is “you can click this button right here to disable the ad (please please please)”
- Briongloid ( @briongloid@aussie.zone ) English3•1 year ago
This is so egregious that it sounds like a scene from a cyberpunk movie. Almost humourously bizarre.
- dan ( @dan@upvote.au ) English2•1 year ago
Wait, so there’s ads playing in the car, but the driver doesn’t get any extra revenue as a result? Why would the drivers even allow that? If I were a driver and was forced to install those tablets, I’d probably just unsolder the speaker.
- 1993_toyota_camry ( @1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Maybe they do get paid extra? I’m not sure.
Or maybe they’ll prioritize drivers who have the advertising package. Wouldn’t want riders to get an inferior (read: less ad-filled) experience, now would we?
- LoafyLemon ( @LoafyLemon@kbin.social ) 10•1 year ago
Are they expecting people to pay for the service, AND watch ads?
- dan ( @dan@upvote.au ) 8•1 year ago
It’s worked for cable TV (and some streaming services) for a long time. I guess other companies want in on it too. Strange to see Uber doing it though.
- jivandabeast ( @jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev ) 2•1 year ago
Are people really spending that much time in the uber app that the money they’ll make is worth the community reaction??
- MisterMoo ( @MisterMoo@kbin.social ) 8•1 year ago
They can’t show you ads if you don’t have their app installed.