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Often thought about designing a print magazine with the same values as a web publication: * Agree to all sorts of scary things to take off the plastic wrapping
by mattkevan 3y ago
Often thought about designing a print magazine with the same values as a web publication:
* Agree to all sorts of scary things to take off the plastic wrapping
* Peel off multiple big stickers on every page
* Big heavy adverts that overlap the content and weigh pages down
* Built-in Tile/Airtag to track location
* Chumboxes for other magazines at the bottom of each article
...etc
- atorodius 3y agoThat‘d be a fun art project imo
- Waterluvian 3y agoThis sounds like a local “newspaper” that’s 90% ads. I’ve got one that fully identifies as a newspaper but there isn’t even a single article on the front page.
- morkalork 3y agoEspecially the ones with the sleezy ads on the backpage for massage and other services.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoAnd then give it away for free of course!
- xp84 3y agoNo, only the first couple articles you read are free, the rest are printed in disappearing ink so you get ONLY the ads and pop ups after that until you buy a subscription to the magazine on auto renew.
- danparsonson 3y agoExcellent idea - and every time you try to put it down for a moment a hidden spring triggers and it flies up off the table and into your face
- troymc 3y agoAlso a CD-ROM from AOL!
- jjbinx007 3y agoRecreate the Amazon experience in a store by asking for their name so you can show them different prices and offers, then write down everything the shopper looks at, adds to their basket, and after they've paid sell their information to advertisers so they will see adverts for the lawnmower they've just bought for the next few days.
- ukuina 3y agoAre you saying Amazon modifies prices for items based on which user is logged in?
- kitd 3y agoSome sellers do this, yes.
- Thorrez 3y agoOn Amazon? How? Does Amazon provide an API allowing that?
- naikrovek 3y agoyes this is a known thing.
- hammyhavoc 3y ago
- p1mrx 3y ago> Big heavy adverts that overlap the content and weigh pages down A lot of magazines have a rip-out subscription card like that.
- droopyEyelids 3y agothe fall-out cards are even worse
- gs17 3y agoIt should come with free cookies wrapped in consent notices. > * Agree to all sorts of scary things to take off the plastic wrapping Wouldn't it just be that one page (not visible without opening it, of course) has the terms and conditions you inherently agreed to by reading the cover?
- paulmooreparks 3y ago> Big heavy adverts that overlap the content and weigh pages down PC Magazine, and other similar mags in the 90's/00's, was literally like this. I used to spend several minutes ripping the thick cardboard ads from every issue before trying to read it. At least web sites don't give me paper cuts.
- BizarroLand 3y agoYeah, but if you rip out all of the cardboard ads, read through, and then close the magazine the cardboard doesn't crawl back into the magazine for you to pull out again if you pick it back up.
- illwrks 3y agoPickup an issue of Wallpaper, if they're still around.... A design magazine with cover to cover advertising and the occasional bit of editorial content. The advertising is curated and not so in-your-face but it's advertising none the less.