• lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    This seems to follow a progression

    • No ads
    • Non-intrusive ads
    • Intrusive ads, but you can pay to make them go away
    • Intrusive ads, but you can pay to make them less intrusive
    • Intrusive ads and you have to pay just to see the content
    • Content becomes ads
    • Ads pretend to be content (see Dr. Pepper’s “Fansville”)
    • Award categories for ads are featured in major award ceremonies
    • Award ceremonies just for ads go mainstream

    Actually not sure what’s real vs hypothetical at this point.