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Bombarding people with adverts. In London farebox income in 2019 was £4.9b, and advertising was £158m. If there were no adverts (and thus the resulting theft
by iso1210 5y ago
Bombarding people with adverts.
In London farebox income in 2019 was £4.9b, and advertising was £158m.
If there were no adverts (and thus the resulting theft of brain power - especially on moving ones on screens), a tube fare would have to increase from £2.40 to £2.47, a 3% increase.
It's like this with many services that you buy - Sky TV's total subscription income was £11b, advertising £1.4b. A £30/month package coming with 20 minutes of adverts an hour would cost £34 with no adverts at all.
(In reality I don't pay for sky, because it has adverts, so I guess adverts mean the cost goes from £30 to £0)
Advertising is a cancer on the world.
- nicoburns 5y agoTo be fair, I don't really mind the adverts on the tube. They're fairly often for things that are actually useful and that I wouldn't otherwise have heard of like plays / albums or taxi services. And most of them are paper posters rather than screens which makes them a lot less intrusive.
- mFixman 5y agoPersonally, I do mind them. It's hard to relax with so many aggressive ads in my face trying to sell me things all the time. London is already really good with restricting obstructive adverts in the city to buses and cabs; it's a pity that the underground is stuffed to the brim with them.