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I'm telling you, there will be a streaming service that will deepfake ads into finished movies. Darth Vader will turn at the at the camera and say "No, I am your father... and you should buy the Elon Musk biography on audible dot com for free"
Slow down there, Satan. I kid you not, I had someone approach me to help develop technology like this a long time ago. The idea was to break into video streams at the ISP and insert advertising on the fly w/o prior approval.
My reaction, after realizing this person wanted to turn the internet into an ad-encrusted wasteland*, was: "What happens when that video stream is something live with a LOT of money behind it, like the Superbowl?" The legal and professional ramifications didn't even clock with this guy. It was squarely in the "not my problem" category.
(* More-so than it is now. I'm not saying we're getting off light, but this guy was a-okay with making everything look like the hallway bulletin board in a college dorm.)
That's the kind of guy who invents the idea of selling a subscription to seat heating in your own car.
Exactly. I tell this story to remind people that cynics aren't just old cranks on internet forums. They're also salespeople that decided to make some cash on our way to (consumer) hell, and they're entitled to a turn at holding the pitchfork.
We should've killed him when we had the chance. Now he's too powerful...
Satan wouldnt do that. Jesus is the one who wants all the advertising
I love buying stuff for free!
The catch is that you're signing up for a recurring subscription, and Audible plays the hard sell when you try to cancel your subscription.
(If you're determined though, this can be great for you. I think I've gotten a total of 5 or 6 audiobooks for free from Audible thanks to their free first month and "please don't leave" unsubscribe flow and "please come back" emails.)
Yarrr
Even Elon Musk biographys? But yeah, I worded that poorly.
That's been going on since Blockbuster was a growth company. Like 20 years ago, for the TV (or maybe DVD, I forget which) release of Get Shorty, they 'shopped in an Oldsmobile Sillouette minivan as a product placement, replacing the original vehicle.
"Its the Cadillac of minivans."
edit: Actually, the Olds was the one in the theatrical release, which got replaced with another make/model for TV. All the releases I can find so far include the Sillouette.
Only a question of time. Ads are already digitally inserted into movies and shows.
I was at a Cracker Barrel last night and among the random shit on their walls was an old checker board. The border of the board, taking the majority of the space available, was covered in ads. I guess it never changes.