This should be good for Lyft.
I’m so fucking tired of advertisements. I’m sick and tired of it.
Agreed… Augmented reality is going to be a nightmare hahah
There are ways around adds; alternative apps, addblockers, roms and privacy focused browsers. The only mandatory adds are on street corners imo
If adblockers didn’t work, I’d be living alone in the woods somewhere.
Me too, I’ve basically left all traditional social media because of it.
This, I feel monetized. I dont like that feeling and it’s the one of the reasons i’ve stopped using reddit
That’s basically why I am here. I can’t go back to Reddit’s official app and its ads after using Boost and Joey for years.
Video ads will run on the primary Uber app while users wait for their drivers to arrive and during their trips, said Mark Grether, vice president and general manager of Uber Technologies’ advertising division. They will also appear on tablets installed inside certain Uber cars.
The Uber Eats app will play video ads after customers place orders and continue until their deliveries arrive; Drizly will run them in search results on its app and website as well as other areas of the site.
Why do they think anyone will leave the app open after ordering, if it just plays ads nonstop? Is the idea that each time they load it to check their order status an ad starts playing?
Audio for ads on the company’s apps will be muted by default, while users will need to manually turn off the audio and display components of the in-ride tablets, according to Grether. Ad inventory will initially be sold directly to buyers in the form of brand takeover packages, with only one company’s ads running during any single ride or transaction.
In-car tablets with audio-enabled ads for a single company on repeat. Poor poor drivers.
I bet the first thing a driver will say once a patron gets in is “you can click this button right here to disable the ad (please please please)”
Wait, so there’s ads playing in the car, but the driver doesn’t get any extra revenue as a result? Why would the drivers even allow that? If I were a driver and was forced to install those tablets, I’d probably just unsolder the speaker.
Hahahahahahahahaha.
People begged city hall to allow Uber to operate here. Begged. I wonder how they’re going to play apologetics for this now.
Why the fuck are ads even profitable? Seriously? Who actually sees an ad and thinks “I’m going to buy this product”? When I see an ad I think “fuck you” and I’m less likely to buy their product.
They’re paying for a portion of your attention. They’re slowly building an association with their product such that when you finally get around to buying say a VPN subscription your first thought is “Nord.”
It’s not going to affect everyone the same, for instance my thoughts on VPNs are “anything but Nord”; but they only need a fraction of users to develop a positive association with their brand.
Nord’s cheap and keeps my ISP off my ass for torrenting. That’s all I need.
Yeah, but… why?
Money
What the fuck? You’re already paying out the ass to get food delivered why are they shoving ads in your face?
Simple: money.
And they rip off their drivers too. 😑
But what are you going to do about it, go pick up food yourself like some plebeian?
We should all be thankful that our Uber Eats Chipotle burrito only costs $57. These ads should help maintain these ultra low food prices.
Apps that autoplay video adds really don’t respect people on mobile metered connections. Especially if these videos are 90 seconds long. This is such a greedy addition to an app where you are already paying for a product…
Ya, I hope this means my ride is free.
The over-commercialization of everyday life we see in the Cyberpunk genre is finally becoming real. Now where’s my flying car?
69,666 ads away to enter the raffle. Start watching.
At least let me get some cybernetic enhancements off the street or something…
No worries we will just uninstall them all same way we did Netflix.
Imagine federated Uber/Eats 😂
Call it Federeats
I am so sick of ads being everywhere. It’s such a mental load.
same. fortunately with all the apps I use, I havnt seen an ad anywhere in ages, not on youtube, ig, web, anywhere
My pihole helps quite a bit, but some still sneak in. I had to use a VPN to get a cheap rate for Youtube premium which helps a ton. Instagram ads and mail ads are unavoidable still.
mail ads? on instagram, i use instander (android)
