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[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 218 points 4 months ago

For those of you contemplating ways of covering up the ads:

This is the same airline that beat the shit out of that doctor because the airline overbooked the flight. For your own safety, do not cross this airline.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

The Chicago Department of Aviation did that. The same way if the police ends up killing someone, it was not the person calling the police.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

United was booting passengers to make room for employee transfers though, the situation was shit before dept of aviation even got the call.

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 28 points 4 months ago

That seems incredibly stupid. A doctor can afford to sue.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 4 months ago

he wasn't white, so they didn't assume he was a doctor

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 28 points 4 months ago

i think we should make them afraid to cross us

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[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 169 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This should count as violation of human rights. You're chained to the seat for hours and have no other option than look at this screen or force your eyes closed. Holy shit, people should get really mad. Flashing ads on a screen you don't look at directly are still very annoying, even if you look on your phone.

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 60 points 4 months ago

I need to start a business selling rectangular shaped covers for these displays. I’ll even make one that serves as a holder for an iPad, so you can substitute your own screen.

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[-] Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 106 points 4 months ago

I am just so, so tired of being constantly inundated with being told to CONSUME.

[-] theotherninjaturtle@lemmus.org 89 points 4 months ago
[-] Wilshire@lemmy.world 62 points 4 months ago

Yes, for a monthly subscription!

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 82 points 4 months ago

We tried that in the 80s already. Here's how it went down.

1980s comes along, and people had been seeing commercials on tv for years. So along comes this new concept. Now you can PAY to watch tv.....without ads. GREAT!

So people started paying for this new "cable tv". Then the cable operators were like "I know they're paying to not see ads......but what if we STILL showed ads, and STILL took their money????"

So that happened.

Then after some decades Netflix came around, originally with liscensed tv shows from all over tv.......except now you could PAY to watch them, without the ads. And then they drastically lost their liscensed content, and produced their own original content.

After a few decades, Netflix said "I know they're paying not to see commercials.......but what if we STARTED showing commercials, AND raised prices every few months."

Man, I can't wait for the next guy to charge me money to not see ads. Only to inevitably show me ads a few years later....

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 83 points 4 months ago

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.

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[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 70 points 4 months ago

So I am going to sit down and the screen will be full of penis enlargement pills? What will all the hot singles in the area think?

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[-] sporks_a_plenty@lemmy.world 61 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

..that will now reflect the information United has compiled on individual travelers, like where they live and destinations they've traveled to.

I, for one, can't wait to have my personal info proudly displayed to whatever randos they seat next to me! /s

[-] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 59 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

fuck with the algorithm make it show ads for porno and then they'll stop doing it

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 29 points 4 months ago

I assume they won't allow porns in ads, but you can still get worse stuff than porn, like erectile dysfunction medication ads which causes people around your seat to look at you with sorry eyes.

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[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 56 points 4 months ago

Classic late stage capitalism, where humans' sole reason for existence is being advertised to. Soon we'll start putting ads in incubators too, and invalidate this Onion article: https://www.theonion.com/17-days-in-incubator-longest-time-premature-baby-will-g-1851456014

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[-] ME5SENGER_24@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

More to consider when selecting an airline. Greedy fuckers, I hope their stock takes a nosedive thanks to this

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 4 months ago

It'll probably take a small dip and then rise quite a bit once profits from implementing it start rolling in

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[-] PixlShft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 4 months ago

What's the ROI on ads anyway? I feel like ads are just a way to funnel money between corps. People who are forced to see ads are really not even the point anymore. This is like corporations subsidizing other corporations. Don't even matter that you buy that item being shown to you.

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[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 46 points 4 months ago

“I’m sorry ma'am but could you please remove your jacket from the seat? It’s obstructing the ads and we have a very clear policy about that”

🙃

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[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 45 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Including the opt out link in the announcement article is a good guy move on the writer's part. Thanks, Kate. You're a pal.

[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 26 points 4 months ago

I requested opt out and they requested my ID. lol! So they’re demanding more info to opt out of info collection.

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[-] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 42 points 4 months ago

Remember when the assholes at United overbooked a flight and sent someone to knock a doctor's teeth out and carry him off a plane? The doctor refused since he was on his way to oversee the opening of a clinic he founded for veterans.

He and his wife started the clinic as a way to thank American servicemen and women, because he was plucked out of ocean waters by the U.S. Navy as he fled communism in his home country of Vietnam about 44 years ago, he said.

Fuck United Airlines.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/doctor-dragged-off-united-airlines-flight-watching-viral-62250271

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

"oh no everyone has phones, nobody needs these shitty displays anymore should we remove them and replace them with a phone holder?"

"I have a better idea..."

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[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 4 months ago

This just confirms my decision to never fly United again

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[-] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

The thing I hate is that all these airline screens usually default to "on", and people tend to leave defaults. I'm a tall person, and can usually see a large number of the screens in front of me. So if I'm on a night flight, even if I don't intend to sleep, the only way to not be blinded by dozens of ads for a few hours is to bring a sleep mask.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago

I feel so bad for tall people on planes. It's uncomfortable AF for all of us, but you guys have to become human origami just to sit. It's insane that this shit is legal. I avoid flying as much as possible.

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[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I already dislike the experience of being with other passengers on United. Nothing negative occurred on my part, just noticed how badly behaved other passengers were compared to every other airline I’ve flown.

My point is, I wouldn’t pick United to fly as my first choice.

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[-] DasSkelett@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 4 months ago

Airline passengers should have confidence that their personal information is not being shared improperly with third parties [...]

So they are only shared properly with third parties? Great!

[-] menemen@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

Can't wait to see adds for prostate exams or erectile malfunction on a plane when I get older.

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[-] 01011@monero.town 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I wear a sleep mask on flights and once my IEMs go in they don’t come out until we’re about to land. In short, I don’t see or hear shit.

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

So... How long before tape and blank paper are banned on planes?

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[-] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

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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[-] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

Nothing a bit of paper/cardboard and a strip of tape can't fix.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

"weird, yeah I got here and this screen just had all this sharpie over it, i dunno how it happened"

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[-] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Where's my duct tape and mini tool

[-] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 29 points 4 months ago

Years ago I was on a flight where you couldn't turn this screen off. You could turn off the programming, but the screen still glowed. I discovered that if you take an advertisement from the back pocket and fold it, it can be inserted perfectly into the cracks around the screen and block it completely. Use the ads to block the ads.

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