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.
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I am just so, so tired of being constantly inundated with being told to CONSUME.
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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?
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Can you turn the screens off? I haven't flown in 5 years, but I just watched stuff off of my tablet instead.
In my experience yes, but some planes ive notice they turn back on each time there is an announcement, so depending on how many it can be annoying. Eother way advertising is a cancer that plagues our lives more and more.
You can, but I've stopped ever using them because the screen completely stops for every. Single. Announcement.
And now you can have your phone out for take off and landings, so yea no thanks I'll stick with my device that keeps working when they're making some random announcement about drinks or some shit
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Finally I won't miss a moment of pornhub.
I'm sure they'll have an option where you can pay for them to go away ....
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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.
That seems incredibly stupid. A doctor can afford to sue.
he wasn't white, so they didn't assume he was a doctor
I got screeched at for covering up a super bright blinking light on a red eye. Their FAs are next level stupid.
The Chicago Department of Aviation did that. The same way if the police ends up killing someone, it was not the person calling the police.
United was booting passengers to make room for employee transfers though, the situation was shit before dept of aviation even got the call.
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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.
I feel so bad for tall people on planes. It's uncomfortable AF for all of us, but you guys have to become human origami just to sit. It's insane that this shit is legal. I avoid flying as much as possible.
It's uncomfortable AF for all of us
Idk, I'm pretty comfortable on planes, and I'm around 5'8 lol
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They also automatically turn the screens back on repeatedly after you turn them off.
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Nothing a bit of paper/cardboard and a strip of tape can't fix.
edit: how to embedd youtube videos?
embedding arbitrary things was disabled a while back due to security reasons. Just link it
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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.
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
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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)
Airline CEOs doing their damnedest to out-fumble eachother.
Fumble what?
It's a completely regulatory captured industry that makes the majority of its profit from being financially engineered gift card style quasi banking institutions via their milage program agreements.
This is just more cash off the top. Free $$$$.
It's truly amazing....they must stand at the front of meetings and just ask "how do we make our passengers hate us most?"
Maybe I don't understand the economics of this move, but are they really going to make that much more money from targeted ads? If it's double the price, I assume it's worth it, but if it's a ~10% gain it's just dumb.
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I don't want to click the news and give more data for capitalists. Where summary?
The "article" is like 100 words and just restates the title in more words.
Maybe the only information it adds is that they won't target passengers under 18
fuck with the algorithm make it show ads for porno and then they'll stop doing it
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Good luck with that. I’m gonna turn that bitch off one way or another.
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Nothing that some Self Adhesive Vinyl can't fix. They'll have to deal with getting it off the screen afterwards too. Want to fine me for it? Then tell me where you got the data, because I didn't consent to you having my data.
You probably did/do consent at some point, but nobody reads the fine print.
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..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
Most people will be too busy with their laptops, tablets, and phones to pay any attention to whatever ads they put on those screens.
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More to consider when selecting an airline. Greedy fuckers, I hope their stock takes a nosedive thanks to this
It'll probably take a small dip and then rise quite a bit once profits from implementing it start rolling in
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