Byte Magazine: The C Programming Language (1983)

Re:Byte Magazine: The C Programming Language (1983) by desiarnezjr on Friday September 09, 2022 @04:55PM (#32784800)

Today's marketing is much more targeted and dark pattern driven.

There was an earnestness to many ads back then. Either "native" style ads, or price lists -- given researching anything was much more difficult without internet, magazines and print brochures were all you had. Ads were critical.

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Re:Byte Magazine: The C Programming Language (1983) by Shorel on Saturday September 10, 2022 @04:18AM (#32788841)

My perception of ads is they are more automated and naive than they should be.

I get an ad for something I want. I get it. Then I don't need it anymore, but I get the same ad over and over again as if it went from a single thing I wanted to a hoarding obsession.

Then by chance I get an ad for something I want, but I want it later in the year, not today. I click the ad but don't get it.

When I want it, after few months, it is never shown again, and I get dozens of generic unrelated ads instead.

I wish it was actually more tailored to me.

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Re:Byte Magazine: The C Programming Language (1983) by WalterBright on Friday September 09, 2022 @07:55PM (#32786281)

I see the personalized ads Amazon presents for me. All things I don't want.

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