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Wait until screens get cheap enough... you'll have 4k ads rolling on each screen that are tailored from your name in your ticket.

angott 8y ago
This already happens on Air Canada (although at least the ads are not personalized). Before each movie or show you play on your IFE screen in economy class, they make you watch two 30 seconds ads. I was very annoyed, especially since AC tickets are already overpriced (little/no competition on domestic flights in Canada).
- 52-6F-62 8y ago
  Air Canada IFE pro tip: You can skip the ads. Just scrub ahead.
  - fphhotchips 8y ago
    Stop telling people this. Just like everything good on the internet, once people find out about it, it will be gone.
  - tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago
    If there IFE system is like all the others that I've experienced so far, you'll lose more time trying to find the start of the movie than you'd lose by letting the ads run :(
andy_ppp 8y ago
This happens in the back of cabs in a lot of places I seem to remember and it’s incredibly difficult to switch off... we essentially are heading for some super weird dystopian sci-fi film right now. It’s terrifying.
- isostatic 8y ago
  The adverts are why I et uber in New York rather than taxis.
  - martinpw 8y ago
    I've been in an Uber that had a iPad rigged up to play ads to the passengers in the back seat. Good thing you get to rate at the end of the trip, which would (hopefully) put a stop to that.
sixdimensional 8y ago
Passengers in airline seats seem to make advertisers drool as you can't get much more of a captive audience and for that long in nearly any other situation. I know for a fact, this is all coming and has already started, and is going to get even more invasive.
- expertentipp 8y ago
  I wouldn’t be surprised if the security theatre before boarding and advertisement brainwash after getting to the seats would start to provoke fury sprees among some at least passengers.
  - sixdimensional 8y ago
    Don't worry, they'll be monitoring your sentiment during boarding and passengers that appear agitated will be calmly denied access to board. And you'll be monitored in your seat as well during the flight. It's not Orwell's imagination anymore, it's reality. Only privacy law can stop it, maybe.
    - expertentipp 8y ago
      > they'll be monitoring your sentiment during boarding and passengers that appear agitated will be calmly denied access to board. And you'll be monitored in your seat as well during the flight. Disappointing is that this is the more likely outcome, rather than easing the sensory overload, stress, and discomfort.
      - sixdimensional 8y ago
        To be fair, there are attempts at this being made too. But they come in a weird fashion, for example - seats get smaller but are higher quality. Air quality on airplanes and lighting has generally improved but flights are getting longer. It’s an interesting balance but it always reminds me that flying through the sky in a tin can is not entirely natural. Of course, some of the security measures are for your comfort and safety as well. It’s just where the line is between for your good and for theirs that is tough to identify.
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angott 8y ago

This already happens on Air Canada (although at least the ads are not personalized). Before each movie or show you play on your IFE screen in economy class, they make you watch two 30 seconds ads. I was very annoyed, especially since AC tickets are already overpriced (little/no competition on domestic flights in Canada).

52-6F-62 8y ago
Air Canada IFE pro tip: You can skip the ads. Just scrub ahead.
- fphhotchips 8y ago
  Stop telling people this. Just like everything good on the internet, once people find out about it, it will be gone.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago
  If there IFE system is like all the others that I've experienced so far, you'll lose more time trying to find the start of the movie than you'd lose by letting the ads run :(

andy_ppp 8y ago

This happens in the back of cabs in a lot of places I seem to remember and it’s incredibly difficult to switch off... we essentially are heading for some super weird dystopian sci-fi film right now. It’s terrifying.

isostatic 8y ago
The adverts are why I et uber in New York rather than taxis.
- martinpw 8y ago
  I've been in an Uber that had a iPad rigged up to play ads to the passengers in the back seat. Good thing you get to rate at the end of the trip, which would (hopefully) put a stop to that.

sixdimensional 8y ago

Passengers in airline seats seem to make advertisers drool as you can't get much more of a captive audience and for that long in nearly any other situation. I know for a fact, this is all coming and has already started, and is going to get even more invasive.

expertentipp 8y ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if the security theatre before boarding and advertisement brainwash after getting to the seats would start to provoke fury sprees among some at least passengers.
- sixdimensional 8y ago
  Don't worry, they'll be monitoring your sentiment during boarding and passengers that appear agitated will be calmly denied access to board. And you'll be monitored in your seat as well during the flight. It's not Orwell's imagination anymore, it's reality. Only privacy law can stop it, maybe.
  - expertentipp 8y ago
    > they'll be monitoring your sentiment during boarding and passengers that appear agitated will be calmly denied access to board. And you'll be monitored in your seat as well during the flight. Disappointing is that this is the more likely outcome, rather than easing the sensory overload, stress, and discomfort.
    - sixdimensional 8y ago
      To be fair, there are attempts at this being made too. But they come in a weird fashion, for example - seats get smaller but are higher quality. Air quality on airplanes and lighting has generally improved but flights are getting longer. It’s an interesting balance but it always reminds me that flying through the sky in a tin can is not entirely natural. Of course, some of the security measures are for your comfort and safety as well. It’s just where the line is between for your good and for theirs that is tough to identify.

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