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These have been a thing for years and years now in Las Vegas. A little screen shouting ads at you for shows, restaurants, etc. Somehow it didn't bother me then

These have been a thing for years and years now in Las Vegas. A little screen shouting ads at you for shows, restaurants, etc. Somehow it didn't bother me then, because everything in that godforsaken city is loud and obnoxious. So it just kinda fit in. But if elevators at typical office buildings or apartment complexes start doing this? We're doomed.

cube00 4y ago
Office buildings near me have them, they try to make them appear as "infotainment" to quote Otis in the article. A news headline and then ads for everything from food to cars to podcasts. Another headline, more ads.
- function_seven 4y ago
  Oh my god I forgot about that. Yeah, the high-rise my old company was in had those as well. A cheery, "Here's what's happening in the world" with some quick headlines, then an ad for Jimmy Fallon or something. We were on the 45th floor, so there was plenty of captive time.
  - hammock 4y ago
    > We were on the 45th floor, so there was plenty of captive time. The biggest company that puts the TVs in elevators is literally called “Captivate.”
- euroderf 4y ago
  Helsinki city transit does that, and there's zero attempt at sync. So an interesting headline pops up, and then maybe about 500ms in it cuts to a wildly animated ad for some crap or another. So it's not just irritating, it is aggressively obnoxious. You wanted to read this story ? HAH HAH, sucker!
MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
Can't ride the subway or even take a piss without having a screen with ads running in your face.
- djbusby 4y ago
  Back in the day places used to clip daily-local newspaper above urinal. The "business" bars had WSJ.
- iso1631 4y ago
  Pisses me off in London. It costs say £2.50 to take a journey, but the adverts reduce that price to £2.30. Adverts on trains are even worse, I pay £100+ for a ticket and have to suffer the adverts because they want to get another 50p or whatever. So I'll drive instead. Although the M6 seems to have more and more adverts in fields along it as time does on. When I'm dictator of the world I'll ban all adverts, they are a drain on society.
BoredPuffin 4y ago
They already did this in commerical buildings in HK, luckily they are muted banner-like advertisements.
marssaxman 4y ago
> But if elevators at typical office buildings or apartment complexes start doing this? We're doomed. The high-rise building I worked in several years ago put ad screens in the elevators. No sound, fortunately - but still! Video ads in your face, on the way to work, on the way to lunch, up and down, over and over, every day? It was more than I could stand. I bought a roll of privacy film, cut pieces sized to the screens, and kept them in my bag. Every time I was alone in the elevator, I'd pull one out and glue it to the screen. Ahh, tranquility: the ads dissolved into a meaningless colorful blur. Of course the maintenance folks would scrape the film off whenever they found it, but I just glued it back on, over and over... for months.

cube00 4y ago

Office buildings near me have them, they try to make them appear as "infotainment" to quote Otis in the article. A news headline and then ads for everything from food to cars to podcasts. Another headline, more ads.

function_seven 4y ago
Oh my god I forgot about that. Yeah, the high-rise my old company was in had those as well. A cheery, "Here's what's happening in the world" with some quick headlines, then an ad for Jimmy Fallon or something. We were on the 45th floor, so there was plenty of captive time.
- hammock 4y ago
  > We were on the 45th floor, so there was plenty of captive time. The biggest company that puts the TVs in elevators is literally called “Captivate.”
euroderf 4y ago
Helsinki city transit does that, and there's zero attempt at sync. So an interesting headline pops up, and then maybe about 500ms in it cuts to a wildly animated ad for some crap or another. So it's not just irritating, it is aggressively obnoxious. You wanted to read this story ? HAH HAH, sucker!

MonkeyMalarky 4y ago

Can't ride the subway or even take a piss without having a screen with ads running in your face.

djbusby 4y ago
Back in the day places used to clip daily-local newspaper above urinal. The "business" bars had WSJ.
iso1631 4y ago
Pisses me off in London. It costs say £2.50 to take a journey, but the adverts reduce that price to £2.30. Adverts on trains are even worse, I pay £100+ for a ticket and have to suffer the adverts because they want to get another 50p or whatever. So I'll drive instead. Although the M6 seems to have more and more adverts in fields along it as time does on. When I'm dictator of the world I'll ban all adverts, they are a drain on society.

BoredPuffin 4y ago

They already did this in commerical buildings in HK, luckily they are muted banner-like advertisements.

marssaxman 4y ago

> But if elevators at typical office buildings or apartment complexes start doing this? We're doomed. The high-rise building I worked in several years ago put ad screens in the elevators. No sound, fortunately - but still! Video ads in your face, on the way to work, on the way to lunch, up and down, over and over, every day? It was more than I could stand. I bought a roll of privacy film, cut pieces sized to the screens, and kept them in my bag. Every time I was alone in the elevator, I'd pull one out and glue it to the screen. Ahh, tranquility: the ads dissolved into a meaningless colorful blur. Of course the maintenance folks would scrape the film off whenever they found it, but I just glued it back on, over and over... for months.