▲ 972 ▼ Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by abobla@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 351 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Soo... the ad income is higher than the energy costs of gen. AI? They lied about the pennies per visit? 😢 Also, 🏴☠️ permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago Netflix showed time and time again that they are shit at counting money. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out they're losing money on those ads but will do them anyway because managers eat the worst possible hype for breakfast. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Redex68@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago I higly doubt they generate a custom ad per viewer, it's probably per show which can be re-used. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago Netflix showed time and time again that they are shit at counting money. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out they're losing money on those ads but will do them anyway because managers eat the worst possible hype for breakfast. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago I higly doubt they generate a custom ad per viewer, it's probably per show which can be re-used. permalink fedilink source parent