Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking

Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by FalconSensei on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:21PM (#27852106)

When I lived Brazil, they used to do like 1 ad (plus trailers), so it was pretty quick, and because everywhere (where I lived) had numbered seats, you could just be 5 min 'late'.

Now when I moved to Canada: no numbered seats, and 20 (yeah, TWENTY) minutes of ads + trailers. WTF is wrong with you people? I just don't go anymore

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Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by ElFitz on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:45AM (#27855660)

Absolutely! It’s the same in France.

Either you get a random seat, perhaps apart from your party, perhaps miss a bit of the movie (although unlikely), and get not to watch ads.

Or you arrive on time, perhaps slightly early, get to pick where you sit, together, and get a shit ton of ads shoved down your eyes and ears for nearly half an tour, in full IMAX & DolbyVision 20.8.

Edit: Oh, and you don’t know at what time the movie actually ends, because they tell you when the ads start, and how long the movie lasts. But you have to factor in the very important ad time.

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Re:Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers a... by FalconSensei on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:17PM (#27860757)

I just straight up refuse to pay for no numbered seats, specially if it's not only me and my wife. I want to go to the theatre for the experience, and having to stress if we are going to sit together/in a good spot is not what I have in mind for that

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