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The 5 minute airplane ad is nightmare fuel for me. How long until they kick up the brightness to wake you up. Imagine you are stuck in the window seat, forced t

The 5 minute airplane ad is nightmare fuel for me. How long until they kick up the brightness to wake you up. Imagine you are stuck in the window seat, forced to watch an ad you can't turn off? I am exaggerating obviously, but I do find it egregious that they would dare show more ads when ticket prices are already extremely high.

zigman1 3y ago
Question. Would you be okay with being shown an add if in turns your plane ticket price is noticeably cheaper?
- lkramer 3y ago
  That would be how it starts, but eventually the ad-free option would go away and your ticket is back to its original price + inflation
- 3D30497420 3y ago
  The challenge is that there won't be any transparency with this sort of thing. Prices for flights are so variable that you'll probably never know if it is cheaper due to the advertisement, or because of other variables. My main issue with advertising driven models is that the company will respond to the needs of who pays them, advertisers, and not who actually uses the service. Want to juice profits? Just sell more advertising slots, make them more intrusive, etc. Delivering quality service to customers becomes a cost burden rather than a way to gain more customers.
  - grishka 3y ago
    Airlines have already come up with a way to make sure you understand what you're saving on. They'd sell you a ticket for some base price, and then extort you for extras upon online check-in. Seat choice, extra legroom, meals, etc.
- jacooper 3y ago
  Maybe, but that's not going to happen, they are going to have their cake and eat it too.
- austinjp 3y ago
  It won't get cheaper, the non-ad version will get more expensive.
_bohm 3y ago
You joke but I’m pretty sure I experienced this recently on a flight. Being shown ads when you have the ability to opt out is one thing. Being shown ads when you’re a captive audience in an already relatively high stress environment seems outright villainous to me.
- ahonhn 3y ago
  We used to have a thing called TV Mobile on the bus here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVMobile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVMobile Anytime you wanted to get from A to B you would be subjected to noisy TV, and it was invariably something tedious like endless repeats of Ellen or Oprah with loads of adverts. It was hell and I am so glad the service failed and was discontinued.

zigman1 3y ago

Question. Would you be okay with being shown an add if in turns your plane ticket price is noticeably cheaper?

lkramer 3y ago
That would be how it starts, but eventually the ad-free option would go away and your ticket is back to its original price + inflation
3D30497420 3y ago
The challenge is that there won't be any transparency with this sort of thing. Prices for flights are so variable that you'll probably never know if it is cheaper due to the advertisement, or because of other variables. My main issue with advertising driven models is that the company will respond to the needs of who pays them, advertisers, and not who actually uses the service. Want to juice profits? Just sell more advertising slots, make them more intrusive, etc. Delivering quality service to customers becomes a cost burden rather than a way to gain more customers.
- grishka 3y ago
  Airlines have already come up with a way to make sure you understand what you're saving on. They'd sell you a ticket for some base price, and then extort you for extras upon online check-in. Seat choice, extra legroom, meals, etc.
jacooper 3y ago
Maybe, but that's not going to happen, they are going to have their cake and eat it too.
austinjp 3y ago
It won't get cheaper, the non-ad version will get more expensive.

_bohm 3y ago

You joke but I’m pretty sure I experienced this recently on a flight. Being shown ads when you have the ability to opt out is one thing. Being shown ads when you’re a captive audience in an already relatively high stress environment seems outright villainous to me.

ahonhn 3y ago
We used to have a thing called TV Mobile on the bus here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVMobile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVMobile Anytime you wanted to get from A to B you would be subjected to noisy TV, and it was invariably something tedious like endless repeats of Ellen or Oprah with loads of adverts. It was hell and I am so glad the service failed and was discontinued.