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United Airlines launches personalized ads on seat-back screens (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The carrier on Friday said it launched a media platform to serve travelers personalized advertisements on seat-back screens and in its app, among other platforms, as it seeks to leverage customer data.

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[–] qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 31 points 5 months ago (4 children)

A couple years ago I paid what I felt was quite a bit of money for good seats on a plane. Then they started playing ads on the screen in front of me during take off. There was no way to turn off the screen and it literally felt like this screen was being thrust my face that I had no co trol over. Airline is the worst way to travel and they are only going to get more predatory.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 months ago

Post-it notes. One pack is enough for like a third of the plane.

[–] Zidane@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Which airline?

[–] qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Air Canada

[–] Turbo@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

I flew Icelandic air recently and they had A 4 minute long ad playing with no way to skip or mute that had to play before the entertainment system was available. It played a soon as you turned it on!

I had to unplug and look away for 4+ minutes