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>I've been in a number of supermarkets where they use this to beam ads at you while standing in line for the checkout. This is more than creepy. It should be m

>I've been in a number of supermarkets where they use this to beam ads at you while standing in line for the checkout. This is more than creepy. It should be made illegal along with using cameras for anything else than security.

jerf 9y ago
I would have thrown a bigger fuss if they didn't disappear as quickly as they did. I assume other people threw a fuss for me, for which I thank them, whoever they are. The f'ing stupid thing is that the checkout line is already one big ad. It advertises all the things that the stores have already figured out you're likely to buy at the end of a shopping trip; candy, drinks, SD cards (dunno why but it's pretty consistent), etc. It is the most effective possible ad, since everything it is advertising is literally within arm's reach for immediate purchase. You'd think that would be enough!
- c22 9y ago
  I think the SD cards might be more about discouraging shoplifting of a small easily liquidable good.
IntronExon 9y ago
What we really need are highly tunable and directional EMP generators, which can be easily concealed. You could “solve” everything from annoying drones, to people listening to Peppa a pig on their iPads, through the speaker. Of course you could also fry a car’s ECU, but um, swings and roundabouts right?
flukus 9y ago
If you think that's creepy, imagine it with good voice synthesis along with a voice profile of yourself. I wonder if they could get close to making it sound like your internal monologue saying "I should buy that impulse item in front of me"?
- vectorEQ 9y ago
  recent new improvements in voice synthesis could make this happen soon enough tbh.., capture you speaking in the super market, filter your voice out, then beam that shit in. i like the idea :D i can already see us all comming home... why the fk did i buy this milk, why do i keep drinking this milk.. wtf :D (paranoia 1.0) wonderful world!
sneak 9y ago
Why should the supermarket playing any sort of music on any sort of speakers they want inside of their own building on private property be made illegal? Who is it harming? Is your association with the supermarket not entirely voluntary?
- wruza 9y ago
  I think this is a subject of 'customers rights' or something like that, depending on the country. You cannot call yourself a store and do whatever you want inside it because it is yours. Maybe this music/ad is legal (or legally uncovered) for now, but customers are definitely the source of the entire business and have a right to have rights.

jerf 9y ago

I would have thrown a bigger fuss if they didn't disappear as quickly as they did. I assume other people threw a fuss for me, for which I thank them, whoever they are. The f'ing stupid thing is that the checkout line is already one big ad. It advertises all the things that the stores have already figured out you're likely to buy at the end of a shopping trip; candy, drinks, SD cards (dunno why but it's pretty consistent), etc. It is the most effective possible ad, since everything it is advertising is literally within arm's reach for immediate purchase. You'd think that would be enough!

c22 9y ago
I think the SD cards might be more about discouraging shoplifting of a small easily liquidable good.

IntronExon 9y ago

What we really need are highly tunable and directional EMP generators, which can be easily concealed. You could “solve” everything from annoying drones, to people listening to Peppa a pig on their iPads, through the speaker. Of course you could also fry a car’s ECU, but um, swings and roundabouts right?

flukus 9y ago

If you think that's creepy, imagine it with good voice synthesis along with a voice profile of yourself. I wonder if they could get close to making it sound like your internal monologue saying "I should buy that impulse item in front of me"?

vectorEQ 9y ago
recent new improvements in voice synthesis could make this happen soon enough tbh.., capture you speaking in the super market, filter your voice out, then beam that shit in. i like the idea :D i can already see us all comming home... why the fk did i buy this milk, why do i keep drinking this milk.. wtf :D (paranoia 1.0) wonderful world!

sneak 9y ago

Why should the supermarket playing any sort of music on any sort of speakers they want inside of their own building on private property be made illegal? Who is it harming? Is your association with the supermarket not entirely voluntary?

wruza 9y ago
I think this is a subject of 'customers rights' or something like that, depending on the country. You cannot call yourself a store and do whatever you want inside it because it is yours. Maybe this music/ad is legal (or legally uncovered) for now, but customers are definitely the source of the entire business and have a right to have rights.