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[off topic] "The Space Merchants" by Frederik Pohl and CM Kornbluth. In a polluted future where the wealthy ride in rickshaws, an advertising company is given the job of selling the human race on emigration to Venus.
It was written back in the 1950s, and it's funny to see how some of the things the writers thought of as satire became normal business practice.
Escalator commercial break. Stops the escalator until the ad is done.
"this escalator is temporarily stairs. You're welcome." -Mitch Hedberg
The real one to worry about is stopping the elevator for an ad break. You're trapped now bitches!
Why do we need custom backgrounds for our phones and computers? That's free space that could be ads. Especially good if clicking/tapping on the background causes a full screen, unclosable, unskippable ad. Because a misclick is definitely showing interest in the product.
Browser load times. Slow that down a bit, and you've got enough time to pop an ad in between every page load.
Having to interact with the ad for a set amount of time(opening the site promoted) to be able to continue using the app
Having to buy a minimum amount of promoted products would be extra evil
Put ads for Twinkies on your can of Coke.
Nice try EA, but you're not getting my golden ideas for free.
Quit crowdsourcing your goddamn school assignments.
Lol ads that can be engineered into DNA, so that they can be passed down for generations.
I bet someone will find a way to do that with CRISPR CAS-9...
Clothing with patches sewn into the interior in the shape of the brand you're trying to sell. Like braille ads, but for your clothes.
This guy ads
Michael Scott No no No. no NO dot meme
If any of these become a reality I am fully prepared and willing to commit acts of-
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When people start to live in space, we can ration oxygen to the occupants, force them to view ads to live or pay for subscriptiom
Ads etched into glasses. Maybe tiny screens if that's possible.
Cineplex movie theaters in Canada have ads in the app you use to watch trailers and buy tickets.
2 is already a thing. Product placement.
Regulatory bodies, save us!
The movie thing happens in India since ages ago, they call it intervals. Tons of ads before a movie starts and during the interval. Nice for a pee break and to buy snacks, but they obviously overdo it, movies never start on time, and the whole experience is shitty.
For some context, it's because Indian movies were conventionally much longer in length (2.5 to 3 hours). Movies are written to have a cliffhanger at the interval, so much so that it's sometimes referred to as a meta joke.
Per-swipe ads on phones. Free tier: every 5 swipes, regardless of app, full screen unskippable ads (content saved to devices locally so airplane mode doesn't stop it). Then you pay more to increase the number of swipes you get between ads.
Pop-up ads for a mortuary that include a basilisk code.