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This is a grandiose statement to say the least. In the old days advertisers paid to insert ads before, during, and after the content. Now advertisers pay to k
by emptybottle 7y ago
This is a grandiose statement to say the least.
In the old days advertisers paid to insert ads before, during, and after the content. Now advertisers pay to know your consumption habits and demographic and push their content to the top of your recommendations, radio, next-up, and whatever else. My personal feeling is that I'd rather pay with my time by watching ads anonymously than pay with my personal data.
Also, nowadays there are numerous ways to virtually purchase content. This is super convenient, but at the same time access to this content can be revoked with no notice, no reasoning and no refund. Content can also be changed without warning or continued access to the previous version.
Things are not unquestionably better today than yesterday. There have been tradeoffs, particularly in the areas of privacy, ownership and convenience.
- lisper 7y agoWhat's wrong with CDs and DVDs? You can still buy these for cash in many places.
- gdulli 7y ago> My personal feeling is that I'd rather pay with my time by watching ads anonymously than pay with my personal data. And with cable type commercials being trivially skippable with fast forward, that's another reason it's the best programming format as far as being advertised to is concerned. Because ultimately, you're never going to get away from being advertised to.
- jackcodes 7y agoI still don’t fully understand the mechanism behind it, but it blew my mind when I found out that you now get personalised advertising through live satellite TV in the UK. https://www.sky.com/help/articles/tailored-advertising-with-sky-adsmart https://www.sky.com/help/articles/tailored-advertising-with-...