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Please Gods, no! Black Mirror is almost here. 'Just pay 100 merits to skip..Oh you've used all your skips this hour.' Beeeeeeeeep 'Resume viewing, resume view
by effingwewt 5y ago
Please Gods, no! Black Mirror is almost here.
'Just pay 100 merits to skip..Oh you've used all your skips this hour.'
Beeeeeeeeep 'Resume viewing, resume viewing.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoWhy is this downvoted? This bleak future isn't too far off honestly. Can't wait until the advertisers start literally torturing us as punishment for withholding our attention. When I watched that episode for the first time I was horrified but reality is even worse: these people think we're literal criminals who are stealing from them if we don't watch ads.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoProbably because YouTube and Spotify are already peppered with such interruptions “upgrade to premium today to disable these annoying ads”
- effingwewt 5y agoNot even close to the same. Bing was unable to even close his eyes to avoid viewing the ads, and was literally inundated from all sides with all senses they could reach. We get closer to this every single day. But this is HN, 1/4[1] of the UB are probably in ads one way or another (ie work for fb/goog et al), another 1/4 of the UB are of the 'growth hacking win at all costs wannabe-CEO (ie lying and creating fake accts a la reddit, you name it). But I hope another 1/4 of us are conscientious objectors. Leaving 1/4 for those who can't be bothered. Anyways I usually assume 1/4-1/2 or more of HN will usually disagree with what I say, I don't mind. [1] All numbers pulled from my behind.