• Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    “[Netflix] members pay as much attention to midroll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves,” Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, said, per the publication.

    Amy, I want you to be honest with me, are you an alien.

    Because on planet Earth we do not, if fact, pay as much attention to the ads as to the things we’re actually interested in. Famously our brains even produce this fascinating effect to spare us from the bullshit you’re shoving into our eyeballs.

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      2 months ago

      I’m just waiting for it to be like that Black Mirror episode where ads came on, the guy closed his eyes, and alarms went off until he opened them again.

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        2 months ago

        This is exactly how I interpreted that statement. No one is paying attention, who cares if they slip some garbage ads in?