United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens

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.

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 am just so, so tired of being constantly inundated with being told to CONSUME.

Can it ever just stop?

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

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”

🙃

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.

This just confirms my decision to never fly United again

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.

Can't wait to see adds for prostate exams or erectile malfunction on a plane when I get older.

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!

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.

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.

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....

Can you turn the screens off? I haven't flown in 5 years, but I just watched stuff off of my tablet instead.

TRAAAAAIIIIIIIINS.

It is a matter of time before they figure out how to do targeted ads in dreams.

I'm sure they'll have an option where you can pay for them to go away ....

The Ad Algorithm

It knows when you are sleeping It knows when you're awake It knows when you've been bad or good So consume for goodness sake

Fuck this.

I wonder how long it will be before they start giving discounts on tickets for interacting with the ads a certain number of times during the flight.

Airlines in America really suck, I feel like we have much better options here in Europe

Cunts

i will be taping cardboard over the screen

Most people will be too busy with their laptops, tablets, and phones to pay any attention to whatever ads they put on those screens.

Airline CEOs doing their damnedest to out-fumble eachother.

And for the low, low price of $4,99 you will get not one, not two but three ad blocking devices you can use to stop these ads from bothering you! Available in several cute patterns and colors. Get yours now, call now!

(warning: do not wash these cloths above 105°F or there might be ad-spillage while using the ad blocker due to shrinkage)

Me, an italian, i see an underdevelopped species of "coffe" inside a soap dispender and die inside

I don't want to click the news and give more data for capitalists. Where summary?

Man, we should break more stuff.

edit: how to embedd youtube videos?

Are the ads selling life insurance?