• ram@lemmy.ca
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    I’m so fucking tired of advertisements. I’m sick and tired of it.

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      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.

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      This, I feel monetized. I dont like that feeling and it’s the one of the reasons i’ve stopped using reddit

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      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.

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    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…

  • Supermariofan67@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    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.

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      You’d be surprised. Advertisers wouldn’t be running the ads if they didn’t have positive ROI (that is, the value they get from the ads is larger than what they paid for them). 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.

    • Seeker of Carcosa@beehaw.org
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      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.

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          so do 100 other options, though.

          but nord is a huge advertising spender so it’s what most people associate with ‘vpn’

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            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.

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      They’re everywhere to the point where I wish I had an adblocker built into my eyeballs. Watching NHL there’s ads on the ice, the jerseys, the helmets, popping in from the sides, overlaying the score etc. it’s so out of control and that’s just one thing.

      Either it’s a giant pyramid scheme that keeps getting money funnelled into it or if this shit really just works. The sheer amount of money spent on it is absurd, sometimes as much as the budget of some movies to promote said movies.

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    The over-commercialization of everyday life we see in the Cyberpunk genre is finally becoming real. Now where’s my flying car?

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    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.

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    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)”

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      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.

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        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?

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      This is so egregious that it sounds like a scene from a cyberpunk movie. Almost humourously bizarre.

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      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.