this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
854 points (97.8% liked)

Technology

70032 readers
6142 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

No different than the decades of ad supported broadcast television.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Except I didn't pay a monthly fee for over the air TV. The Jeffersons didn't cost 4.99 a month

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Terrible argument. You can’t ignore scale. Algorithmic timelines increase efficacy and precision of ads tremendously. These platforms know exactly who to target with what ad, at what time, with what frequency to get the desired result. It’s like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car.

Generative ads will be even worse because they can be made specifically to each individual.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Yes, that bit is terrifying