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The plaintiff is complaining about not being served ads? The damage alleged is that they “had a harder time learning about those products or services”. Is there
by pfannkuchen 3y ago
The plaintiff is complaining about not being served ads? The damage alleged is that they “had a harder time learning about those products or services”. Is there some framing that makes this not insane?
As a side note, what prevents competitors from bankrolling lawsuits of this nature?
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoSure, ads suck. But it's not hard to imagine special deals/discounts only being targeted to specific audiences by age and gender.
- shiroiuma 3y agoI imagine some demographic groups are probably more lucrative to advertise to, for various reasons (e.g., they have more money to spend, tend to spend more, etc.). So the less-lucrative demographics will accordingly be cheaper, which would appear to be a "discount". To go back to old-fashioned on-air TV, the ad slots after midnight were, I'm sure, much cheaper than the ones during prime-time.
- kmoser 3y agoI'm wondering the same thing: in what way is the provider of a service legally obligated to tell everyone about it? As long as they provide the actual service without bias to all who inquire, shouldn't it be up to them to decide how (and to whom) to advertise?