It drives business people insane, that people who have enough disposable income to pay to remove ads, are exactly the high value customers that they can charge more money to advertise to.
Once you have a ‘no ads’ tier, your advertisers know that the only people they’re getting seen by are people who don’t spend money, and they won’t want to advertise with you. But if you make a special “here’s an audience who piss away money like it’s going out of fashion” tier, they’ll triple their spend.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I was on an airplane the other day, the ticket advertised free wifi, but in reality you have to watch ads to unlock minutes.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Which airline was this?
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
yeah I need to know who’s doing this fuckery so I can avoid it
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If this had been posted 2 months ago, I’d say “hopefully it’s Spirit or Frontier”. Because I avoid those airlines anyways.
But seeing as it’s being posted now, I’d say we can rule our Spirit.
Hopefully it was Frontier. Because I refuse to fly that airline at all. Though, I think we can rule them out too. They’re too cheap for screens in the seats.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Tell us what airline so we know which to avoid.
That sounds fucking atrocious. Flying can already be stressful, and I usually just try to relax and chill for the whole flight. It’s one thing if a nearby passenger is being annoying. It can make a five hour flight seem like an eternity. Even worse for longer flights.
But to be forced by the airline to watch ads on the screen? Fuck that. I always turn my screen off. I don’t want that in my face.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Icelandair
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Damn, I flew with them once well over a decade ago. I had a good impression of them at the time, but I guess that was before capitalism reached its “late-stage”.
That sucks, man…
cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s real cool flying with a toddler that I’m desperately trying to keep away from screens only to have them be forcibly mesmerized by bullshit on screens that can’t be shut off.
luxadazy@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
techt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You can put your phone in airplane mode even if you don’t have a flight. I’ve tried; it works! I tell my phone when it’s time to get notifications. The elation is indescribable.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank God you didn’t mention the airline, I was really worried your vague post would have context in it