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ads instead of useful info

It rotates and after some minutes shows the departure times. But if you're in hurry you want the time immediately, not after a while

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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 81 points 2 months ago

This drives me wild in fast food restaurants. I'm already here, I'm going to give you money, so don't make it harder or more frustrating!

[-] lobut@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

It's genuinely jarring because some places don't organize it logically so you're scouring the board and it switched and you gotta figure where you were ... makes me wanna slap the person that came up with this idea.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 47 points 2 months ago

It's like rotating digital menus at restaurants but now instead of holding up the line waiting for it I get to miss my flight

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think this kind of shit flies because people honestly assume anything their electronics does is technically necessary.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Remote WiFi anal plugs have entered the chat.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Please purchase a premium subscription to skip sudden interruptions"

Edit: Well no, it would be "please give a credit card number for security purposes", and then a few years down the road it force-updates to the new version that sometimes edges you unless you press the "purchase lootbox" button on the mandatory app.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 23 points 2 months ago

this is an act of desperation by the digital ad markets. they have to innovate new types of ad to sell because more and more the only ads that actually work even a little bit are personal testimony and billboards, neither of which the digital ad markets actually sell. we are currently experiencing an economic collapse in the advertising space which is driving the ad markets to use their propaganda machines for less and less scrupulous purposes. ever wonder why there's so much right wing bullshit in your youtube ads now? because that shit didn't sell razors or soap or mattresses or whatever. but it CAN make people very scared and upset

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Well, that's simply not true. Ads are very effective and it still holds true that businessses get an almost guaranteed return on investment in ads.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

read the subprime attention crisis. ads markets have gotten extremely uneffective

Neither of you are giving proof so I choose to believe that ads work

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago
  • subprime attention crisis
  • nico neumann's 2019 talk at programmatic i/o
  • "data suggests surprising shift: duopoly not all-powerful" eMarketer 2018
  • financial markets and online advertising: reevaluating the dotcom bubble
  • "wanamaker was wrong-the vast majority of advertising is wasted" forbes 2016
  • "56% of digital ads served are never seen, says google" AdAge 2014

to start

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

Line must go up

[-] slinkyjelly@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago
[-] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago
[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

It should be legal to just spray paint over information boards that, instead if actual information, show shit ads.

[-] introvertcatto@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

I'm guessing they are using logic how everyone already using internet for everything so why not squeeze more money. And I know how this logic is flawed

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Somebody came up with the idea, implemented it, saw a jump in revenue, got a promotion or fat bonus, all to make our lives just a little crappier. Unfortunately, it's that simple.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

I prefer when I see BSODs on those.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

I don't

That means that I'm going to be stranded for a while

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Actually infuriating.

[-] krimson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What are they advertising for? Flight information on whatsapp or something?

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 2 months ago

yes, they say (weirdly only in italian and not in any other language) that the departure board can be accessed via their chatbot on whatsapp

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