▲ 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
[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (10 children) No they won't 🏴☠️ permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Limonene@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (7 children) Rejecting Netflix fixes things for you and me, but the article says Netflix has 93 million ad-supported subscribers. I'm really worried about the amount of influence advertisers have on our society, and it's only getting worse. Even if you and I can be above the direct influence of these ads, many people are not, and those people are influencing you and me. This produces a dangerous secondary influence that can reach most of society, and just fills everyone's mind with lies, for hardly any cost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago Eh, people are dumb as bricks. If it's not ads it's some fake news, social media nonsense, ai bullshit. It's really pointless to worry about. You can either accept that you are sharing the planet with Trump voters and suckers who fell for NFTs or you will just go crazy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (5 children) No different than the decades of ad supported broadcast television. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Yes, that bit is terrifying permalink fedilink source parent [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Oh im not defending it. Just saying we've been well-fed geese for a very long time now. It has just changed from cramming us full of the Tootsie Pop Owl and the Doublemint Twins with a chaser of Sears Christmas Catalog to a succotash of targeted ads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Except I didn't pay a monthly fee for over the air TV. The Jeffersons didn't cost 4.99 a month permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah this part is truly infuriating permalink fedilink source parent [–] trum_pam_pam@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago YoHoHo Arrrrghhhhhh!!! permalink fedilink source parent [–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago They will. We just won't see them when we watch their shows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (7 children) Rejecting Netflix fixes things for you and me, but the article says Netflix has 93 million ad-supported subscribers. I'm really worried about the amount of influence advertisers have on our society, and it's only getting worse. Even if you and I can be above the direct influence of these ads, many people are not, and those people are influencing you and me. This produces a dangerous secondary influence that can reach most of society, and just fills everyone's mind with lies, for hardly any cost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago Eh, people are dumb as bricks. If it's not ads it's some fake news, social media nonsense, ai bullshit. It's really pointless to worry about. You can either accept that you are sharing the planet with Trump voters and suckers who fell for NFTs or you will just go crazy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (5 children) No different than the decades of ad supported broadcast television. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Yes, that bit is terrifying permalink fedilink source parent [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Oh im not defending it. Just saying we've been well-fed geese for a very long time now. It has just changed from cramming us full of the Tootsie Pop Owl and the Doublemint Twins with a chaser of Sears Christmas Catalog to a succotash of targeted ads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Except I didn't pay a monthly fee for over the air TV. The Jeffersons didn't cost 4.99 a month permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah this part is truly infuriating permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago Eh, people are dumb as bricks. If it's not ads it's some fake news, social media nonsense, ai bullshit. It's really pointless to worry about. You can either accept that you are sharing the planet with Trump voters and suckers who fell for NFTs or you will just go crazy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (5 children) No different than the decades of ad supported broadcast television. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Yes, that bit is terrifying permalink fedilink source parent [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Oh im not defending it. Just saying we've been well-fed geese for a very long time now. It has just changed from cramming us full of the Tootsie Pop Owl and the Doublemint Twins with a chaser of Sears Christmas Catalog to a succotash of targeted ads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Except I didn't pay a monthly fee for over the air TV. The Jeffersons didn't cost 4.99 a month permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah this part is truly infuriating permalink fedilink source parent
[+] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Yes, that bit is terrifying permalink fedilink source parent [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Oh im not defending it. Just saying we've been well-fed geese for a very long time now. It has just changed from cramming us full of the Tootsie Pop Owl and the Doublemint Twins with a chaser of Sears Christmas Catalog to a succotash of targeted ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Yes, that bit is terrifying permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Oh im not defending it. Just saying we've been well-fed geese for a very long time now. It has just changed from cramming us full of the Tootsie Pop Owl and the Doublemint Twins with a chaser of Sears Christmas Catalog to a succotash of targeted ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Except I didn't pay a monthly fee for over the air TV. The Jeffersons didn't cost 4.99 a month permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah this part is truly infuriating permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago Yeah this part is truly infuriating permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trum_pam_pam@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago YoHoHo Arrrrghhhhhh!!! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago They will. We just won't see them when we watch their shows. permalink fedilink source parent