• Phoenixz
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    32 hours ago

    Aaarrr matey, this for sure wouldn’t be the reason why we pirate, would it?

    Fuck all of this, I’m so sick and tired of technology advances leading to just more shit for money. I worked for only 9 months in a corporate environment that did shit like this and it nauseated me. Got fired for throwing the CTO under a freight train (figuratively) and never been happier for being fired.

  • @[email protected]
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    13 hours ago

    That’s really stupid, but there’s one (unimportant) thing I’m not understanding. When they ask the numbers of rows in the car, are they asking the number of rows of seats?

    • @[email protected]
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      5113 hours ago

      You joke but this is exactly how this specific ad works. My brother got it yesterday and he picked the wrong answer and the ad played again.

  • Engywuck
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    10216 hours ago

    That’s what you get for paying instead of pirating.

    • Ekky
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      4215 hours ago

      Paying for the unique opportunity to see the newest, moistest, and most intrusive ads*.

      *Also comes with a limited selection of movies and series.

  • Soulifix
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    This is the kind of shit that makes me want to campaign on harassing marketers and advertisers personally.

    “I’ve a question for you, Mr.Advertiser”

    “Yes! Is it about how we can shovel more commercials to you?”

    “No, it’s about what do you value in life and how would you feel if I took it from you, you parasite?”

    • @[email protected]
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      but but the shareholders 😭 they are endangered if not for these life support measures

  • Jeena
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    6516 hours ago

    Oh, wow, at least in Black Mirror they only made sure your eyes were open, you didn’t need to pay attention.

      • r00ty
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        2314 hours ago

        I feel like the only even remotely acceptable way to do this is to show the ad, prompt for the answer for 10 seconds. They can log the right/wrong answer or if the time expires the lack of one and must move on.

        I can imagine metrics knowing if your advertising is actually reaching people is valid. But to make people answer and especially make them watch more if they answer wrong is about as dystopian as it gets.

        If (and I say if, I really don’t want to believe it is) that is the case, the only correct response is to uninstall Hulu immediately and put on your pirate hat.

        • @[email protected]
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          911 hours ago

          If this was the case, I’d enter the wrong answer every time just to fuck with their metrics

          • @[email protected]
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            59 hours ago

            Engaging in it by thinking about it and answering is going to make it stay in your mind longer and would be a success in the eyes of the advertisers.

      • HubertManne
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        610 hours ago

        to be fair it does not take much for my fire tv stick to freeze up and crash

      • HubertManne
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        410 hours ago

        Will be interesting to see where this goes. I know I have said it before and they might not think im serious but so help me satan I will read books. Do they want that!