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ads instead of useful info

It rotates and after some minutes shows the departure times. But if you're in hurry you want the time immediately, not after a while

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[–] ad_on_is@lemm.ee 5 points 36 minutes ago

why isn't this banned already?

[–] slinkyjelly@lemm.ee 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FolknForage@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Also seen in Mexico - incredibly annoying if you are trying to see where the fuck to go

Edit: and the stupid ads are like a whole minute or two, so you need to stand there like an idiot waiting to see where to go while hating everything this represents

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FolknForage@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

I think we severely underestimate how much better life would be if we changed away from this paradigm. There are alternatives.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 90 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This drives me wild in fast food restaurants. I'm already here, I'm going to give you money, so don't make it harder or more frustrating!

[–] lobut@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

It's genuinely jarring because some places don't organize it logically so you're scouring the board and it switched and you gotta figure where you were ... makes me wanna slap the person that came up with this idea.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 54 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's like rotating digital menus at restaurants but now instead of holding up the line waiting for it I get to miss my flight

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I think this kind of shit flies because people honestly assume anything their electronics does is technically necessary.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Remote WiFi anal plugs have entered the chat.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

"Please purchase a premium subscription to skip sudden interruptions"

Edit: Well no, it would be "please give a credit card number for security purposes", and then a few years down the road it force-updates to the new version that sometimes edges you unless you press the "purchase lootbox" button on the mandatory app.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 14 points 14 hours ago

It should be legal to just spray paint over information boards that, instead if actual information, show shit ads.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I prefer when I see BSODs on those.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 13 hours ago

I don't

That means that I'm going to be stranded for a while

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 25 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

this is an act of desperation by the digital ad markets. they have to innovate new types of ad to sell because more and more the only ads that actually work even a little bit are personal testimony and billboards, neither of which the digital ad markets actually sell. we are currently experiencing an economic collapse in the advertising space which is driving the ad markets to use their propaganda machines for less and less scrupulous purposes. ever wonder why there's so much right wing bullshit in your youtube ads now? because that shit didn't sell razors or soap or mattresses or whatever. but it CAN make people very scared and upset

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Well, that's simply not true. Ads are very effective and it still holds true that businessses get an almost guaranteed return on investment in ads.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 14 hours ago

read the subprime attention crisis. ads markets have gotten extremely uneffective

[–] Aurora_TheFirstLight@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Neither of you are giving proof so I choose to believe that ads work

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 12 hours ago
  • subprime attention crisis
  • nico neumann's 2019 talk at programmatic i/o
  • "data suggests surprising shift: duopoly not all-powerful" eMarketer 2018
  • financial markets and online advertising: reevaluating the dotcom bubble
  • "wanamaker was wrong-the vast majority of advertising is wasted" forbes 2016
  • "56% of digital ads served are never seen, says google" AdAge 2014

to start

[–] booberry@sh.itjust.works 26 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 34 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] booberry@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (5 children)

Italy? Why are all of the signs in English?

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 23 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Airport, tourist hotspot. Makes sense

[–] booberry@sh.itjust.works 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I suppose it might make sense if they were all in Italian and English, but I don’t see any signs that are in Italian at all.

I just think that’s weird

[–] greyhathero@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] booberry@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

Oh, I missed that

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Pretty common

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 14 hours ago

Because the Axis powers lost, duh.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 15 hours ago

A lot of people from other countries go there, and I assume majority of Italians understand basic English.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 3 points 14 hours ago

English is fancy.

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

I was just there recently; a lot of the signs all over were in english. It was very easy to get around and everyone was really accommodating.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago

Actually infuriating.

[–] introvertcatto@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'm guessing they are using logic how everyone already using internet for everything so why not squeeze more money. And I know how this logic is flawed

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Somebody came up with the idea, implemented it, saw a jump in revenue, got a promotion or fat bonus, all to make our lives just a little crappier. Unfortunately, it's that simple.

[–] krimson@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What are they advertising for? Flight information on whatsapp or something?

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 14 hours ago

yes, they say (weirdly only in italian and not in any other language) that the departure board can be accessed via their chatbot on whatsapp