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United Airlines launches personalized ads on seat-back screens (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The carrier on Friday said it launched a media platform to serve travelers personalized advertisements on seat-back screens and in its app, among other platforms, as it seeks to leverage customer data.

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 174 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Ads themselves are an insult considering the cost of travel. But they’re insulting us all over the place on shit we pay for.

But personalized ads in view of strangers is full-on absurdly an insult to privacy. Get bent, I hope someone finds a way to display the guitar video and song for the whole plane.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was just pumping gas the other day, and while I'm at it there's this cellphone speaker music that starts really loudly, like the phone is at 400% audio.

Motherfucking screen started playing an ad I couldn't skip. Soon theyre just going to loop audible ads everywhere we go, in public spaces.

Since then I've avoided this brand of gas station and affiliates, but I won't be able to hide for long.

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

you can press one of the buttons, if it's one of those with the eight buttons (4 on each side of the screen. for me it was the second button down from the top on the right side. i only had to press it once to mute, but i heard u might have to press up to 4 times

[–] refalo@programming.dev 18 points 5 months ago

doesn't always work unfortunately

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or worse, how about some horny singles in my area with moans for the whole plane to hear

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

As you traverse the continent, the same “single” appears looking for love in every town you fly over.

Edit: then you’re over Nevada and ads switch to “Welcome back! We missed you at Bobs Brothel and Budget Backrubs, swing on by for our returning members discount.”

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that would suck. Also how much is that discount?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

6.9%

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

Ni.ce

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ

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