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points by sottol 2 days ago | 0 comments

> Sometimes I really wanna skip 10 years into the future and see where all this eventually leads.

Sounds glib, but honestly ... more Ads :/

  > ... more Ads

And they will be so severely targeted to you that you won't be able to identify that they are designed to influence your purchasing or voting decisions. And they will be of production quality rivaling the highest budget films - rendered on your own hardware.

[–] butlike 2 days ago

The gameplay _becomes_ the ad. If you have a full sash of potions in every slot, they spell "C","O","K","E". The monster-bashing sounds sound like onomatopoetic "Apple!" "Goog!". The armor colors are the same as the NFL teams nearest your locale!

It will be a nightmare! haha

[–] MattDamonSpace 2 days ago

Every ad since the dawn of time was designed to influence your purchasing decisions

[–] dotancohen 2 days ago

But you could identify them as ads and understand their purpose.

That will soon likely no longer be the case.

[–] swiftcoder 2 days ago

I submit that most people haven't been able to do that for some time now. Advertising wouldn't be such big business if it didn't work on a macro scale.

[–] CooCooCaCha 2 days ago

Nobody is saying advertisement doesn’t work.

[–] extraextra 2 days ago

Nowadays with so much "viral hacking" and "guerilla marketing", you have to be mindful about all content you consume

Perhaps only half of "ads" are actually marked as such

So, it won't change that much from today, the difference won't be as big as the difference between 2000s ads and today

[–] Revanche1367 2 days ago

How would we know if we can't identify them and they don't tell us? The ads are among us...

[–] AlexErrant 2 days ago

This was already lost with product placements in movies/TV shows.

[–] Jtarii 2 days ago

Product placement is the most obvious form of "subversive" advertising you could have chosen.

[–] thejazzman 2 days ago

My 17yo niece shows me Nike ads on her phone, and when I ask her why she’s showing me ads, she gets upset and tells me they’re not ads — they’re web experiences.

What is obvious to you/us is not obvious to most..

[–] Jtarii 1 day ago

It's obvious to anyone who knows what an ad is.

[–] anticorporate 2 days ago

I mean, sure, some advertisers might get more sophisticated. The garbagefest of internet advertising won't go anywhere, though. It'll still be as bleak and obnoxious as always, because someone will always accept a buck to let you barrage their visitors' eyes and ears.

[–] MattDamonSpace 2 days ago

“The ads will get so good you won’t realize they’re ads and you’ll end up buying all this stuff without awareness of why you’re doing it”

Do you actually think this is going to happen *to you* or are you just speculating about all the idiot dupes out there?

[–] acchow 2 days ago

Subtle product placements tailored specifically for you will be injected into movies and TV

[–] hypercube33 2 days ago

Dont be silly, it will be on the companies hardware. We're pushed to a rent to "use" model in so many things now.

[–] cgio 2 days ago

That’s optimistic, assuming we are still valuable as consumers.

[–] Fernicia 2 days ago

Such a boring knee jerk reaction to things.

[–] ncr100 2 days ago

In what sense, the commenter .. or the reality of Ads?