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Why We Are Here => Marketing => Topic started by: rcjordan on May 12, 2021, 02:16:39 PM

Title: "all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows"
Post by: rcjordan on May 12, 2021, 02:16:39 PM

Ford’s new in-car advertising patent is what hell looks like
https://thenextweb.com/news/ford-new-patent-ruin-driving-forever-hell


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Unnatural Acts And The Rise Of Mobile | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/29/unnatural-acts-and-the-rise-of-mobile/

Title: Re: "all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows"
Post by: rcjordan on May 12, 2021, 02:35:31 PM

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Vizio makes nearly as much money from ads and data as it does from TVs | Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/vizio-q1-earnings-inscape-013937337.html

Title: Re: "all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows"
Post by: ergophobe on May 12, 2021, 03:12:31 PM

I often think about this in comparison to the sixteenth century. Back then, basically the only ads you would see would be signage outside businesses (often with no text) and makers marks - watermarks in paper, small marks on a pot from a local potmaker, etc.

Title: Re: "all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows"
Post by: rcjordan on June 21, 2021, 01:51:25 PM

Facebook tests ads in virtual reality headsets - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57526135

Title: Re: "all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows"
Post by: ergophobe on June 21, 2021, 08:55:56 PM

Other than teaching people what they give up when they use free services (and I use a lot of them), what's the alternative?

I also think most people done care. A friend recently told me, "Why do I care if Facebook knows that I searched Google for a cordless drill?"  Think about that question for a second. People don't really understand the technology they're using, how it works on a basic level, what they're giving up, and how that small thing they are giving up is leveraged at scale to, for example, destabilize countries.

Did you see the thing where they determined they could reach a very high percentage of voters in some African country with just $10K in ads (FB ads I believe)?

Title: Re: "all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows"
Post by: rcjordan on July 21, 2021, 06:58:03 PM

Can't even enjoy the view anymore

https://old.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/ooqa2m/cant_even_enjoy_the_view_anymore/

Title: Re: "all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows"
Post by: Brad on July 21, 2021, 07:45:36 PM

All surfaces must contain an advertisement or a corporate logo.  No exceptions.

Title: Re: "all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows"
Post by: Drastic on July 21, 2021, 08:10:12 PM

Hate those things but I do hate the ones on the road more since they are adding to traffic.