Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981)
by pixl97 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:40AM
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>then measures will be taken to get your attention back to where "it should be".
Please drink verification can.
Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981)
by matheusmoreira on Saturday April 25, 2020 @11:56PM
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The measures depicted in Black Mirror are straight up torture. Loud noise to punish people who refuse to look at advertisements? That level of abuse should be cause for violent resistance.
Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981)
by dylan604 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:15AM
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Doubtful the sheeple would resist. That would take too much effort. It's just easier to watch the commercial.
Wasn't there one that just paused the video, and would not continue until you watched the ad? The advertisers have to crawl before they can run. But if they had their way, loud noises would not be beyond their acceptable measures. I mean, they did spend all of that money producing the ad, so the least you can do is watch it.
Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981)
by ardy42 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @01:08AM
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> Doubtful the sheeple would resist. That would take too much effort. It's just easier to watch the commercial.
No, neo-Luddites will. If they aren't successful later generations will eventually forget how it was to not have coercive ads, so they won't have the same visceral response to the indignities they cause. Sort of like what happened with the market system.
I think it'll be the exact opposite. I think the Black Mirror episodes are closer to what will be in our (not too distant) future. The content will track your gaze, and if you are not looking at the ad, then measures will be taken to get your attention back to where "it should be".