For those of you contemplating ways of covering up the ads:
This is the same airline that beat the shit out of that doctor because the airline overbooked the flight. For your own safety, do not cross this airline.
The Chicago Department of Aviation did that. The same way if the police ends up killing someone, it was not the person calling the police.
United was booting passengers to make room for employee transfers though, the situation was shit before dept of aviation even got the call.
That seems incredibly stupid. A doctor can afford to sue.
he wasn't white, so they didn't assume he was a doctor
i think we should make them afraid to cross us
They did what?
"The incident is widely characterized by critics as an example of mishandled customer service."
Made me laugh, that's putting it lightly..
They mishandled the shit out of him.
This should count as violation of human rights. You're chained to the seat for hours and have no other option than look at this screen or force your eyes closed. Holy shit, people should get really mad. Flashing ads on a screen you don't look at directly are still very annoying, even if you look on your phone.
I need to start a business selling rectangular shaped covers for these displays. I’ll even make one that serves as a holder for an iPad, so you can substitute your own screen.
I am just so, so tired of being constantly inundated with being told to CONSUME.
Can it ever just stop?
Yes, for a monthly subscription!
We tried that in the 80s already. Here's how it went down.
1980s comes along, and people had been seeing commercials on tv for years. So along comes this new concept. Now you can PAY to watch tv.....without ads. GREAT!
So people started paying for this new "cable tv". Then the cable operators were like "I know they're paying to not see ads......but what if we STILL showed ads, and STILL took their money????"
So that happened.
Then after some decades Netflix came around, originally with liscensed tv shows from all over tv.......except now you could PAY to watch them, without the ads. And then they drastically lost their liscensed content, and produced their own original content.
After a few decades, Netflix said "I know they're paying not to see commercials.......but what if we STARTED showing commercials, AND raised prices every few months."
Man, I can't wait for the next guy to charge me money to not see ads. Only to inevitably show me ads a few years later....
Targeted, individualized, advertising should be illegal. This will gut a lot of the motivations for the privacy invasions and data harvesting. This is how advertising worked for thousands of years. I think it could continue to be just fine.
The amount of resources humanity is spending on targeted advertising is extremely depressing when you consider the opportunity cost. There are thousands of engineers and product managers that spend all day on this stuff instead of anything useful.
So I am going to sit down and the screen will be full of penis enlargement pills? What will all the hot singles in the area think?
..that will now reflect the information United has compiled on individual travelers, like where they live and destinations they've traveled to.
I, for one, can't wait to have my personal info proudly displayed to whatever randos they seat next to me! /s
More to consider when selecting an airline. Greedy fuckers, I hope their stock takes a nosedive thanks to this
It'll probably take a small dip and then rise quite a bit once profits from implementing it start rolling in
What's the ROI on ads anyway? I feel like ads are just a way to funnel money between corps. People who are forced to see ads are really not even the point anymore. This is like corporations subsidizing other corporations. Don't even matter that you buy that item being shown to you.
Classic late stage capitalism, where humans' sole reason for existence is being advertised to. Soon we'll start putting ads in incubators too, and invalidate this Onion article: https://www.theonion.com/17-days-in-incubator-longest-time-premature-baby-will-g-1851456014
“I’m sorry ma'am but could you please remove your jacket from the seat? It’s obstructing the ads and we have a very clear policy about that”
🙃
They could come up with some bullshit like, obstructing your screen is interfering with the display of critical airplane safety information or something.
To begin the flight, please drink Mountain Dew Verification Can.
Verification Can Invalid. Please drink Mountain Dew Verification Can.
ERROR! Passenger attempting to steal Premium Ad-less Flying Option! Adding your name to the No Fly List and automatically deducting penalty fee from your credit card.
ERROR! Credit Card Declined! Alerting TSA! Alerting FBI! Alerting Sky Marshals!
Including the opt out link in the announcement article is a good guy move on the writer's part. Thanks, Kate. You're a pal.
I requested opt out and they requested my ID. lol! So they’re demanding more info to opt out of info collection.
I already dislike the experience of being with other passengers on United. Nothing negative occurred on my part, just noticed how badly behaved other passengers were compared to every other airline I’ve flown.
My point is, I wouldn’t pick United to fly as my first choice.
Airline passengers should have confidence that their personal information is not being shared improperly with third parties [...]
So they are only shared properly with third parties? Great!
Can't wait to see adds for prostate exams or erectile malfunction on a plane when I get older.
The thing I hate is that all these airline screens usually default to "on", and people tend to leave defaults. I'm a tall person, and can usually see a large number of the screens in front of me. So if I'm on a night flight, even if I don't intend to sleep, the only way to not be blinded by dozens of ads for a few hours is to bring a sleep mask.
I feel so bad for tall people on planes. It's uncomfortable AF for all of us, but you guys have to become human origami just to sit. It's insane that this shit is legal. I avoid flying as much as possible.
And I'm sure this in no way will invade people's privacy.
"Hmm, why is the anti-queer politician sitting next to me being served dozens of male underwear ads? Hmmmm..."
"Why is my daughter receiving ads for newborn diapers? Hmmm..."
"Why is my neighbor receiving ads for anger management? Hmmm..."
Nothing a bit of paper/cardboard and a strip of tape can't fix.
"weird, yeah I got here and this screen just had all this sharpie over it, i dunno how it happened"
i read the article and it didn't seem to state. how will they target me? using the personal info I'm required to give them to book my flight? the origin and destinations and seat location? these are entirely different kinds of metrics. one is far more invasive. and is it tying into larger models they've purchased from like google or something? this is stupid and i hate it.
Until proven otherwise, I'd assume the worst. They know your identity to travel, and they link it with profiles from all the major ad networks.
Good luck with that. I’m gonna turn that bitch off one way or another.
Time for me to whip out my trusty old Black Sheet'o'Paper and masking tape....
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