fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inboxwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down16
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minus-squarelolola@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up94arrow-down1·1 year agoThis 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.
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minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoThis is how you end up with that scene in Demolition Man where they’re singing commercials.
minus-squarebratosch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago (see Dr. Pepper’s “Fansville”) Nice try, Dr. Pepper. If that is even your real name!
minus-squarelolola@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOh gosh. Did my critique of ads just become an ad?
This seems to follow a progression
Actually not sure what’s real vs hypothetical at this point.
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This is how you end up with that scene in Demolition Man where they’re singing commercials.
Nice try, Dr. Pepper. If that is even your real name!
Oh gosh. Did my critique of ads just become an ad?