All the digital platforms pushing ads for pay to play are missing "goose and the golden egg" point.

#Ads #Advertisements #DigitalPlatforms

Amazon Enshittifies Prime Streaming With Higher Costs To Avoid Ads

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/23/amazon-enshittifies-prime-streaming-with-higher-costs-to-avoid-ads/

Does anyone know where to find more info on the surveilance economy online? I was looking for an update on the unfortunate Debora Silvestri who crashed so badly yesterday, and of course, was met with "We value your privacy" banner where I could consent to giving away… something?

The Privacy Policy talks about two cookies - both Google Analytics, and two partners for gaining "audience insights". The actual cookie pop-up list 1.709 (!) so-called "partners", many with "legitimate interest". Basically all these are companies nobody has ever heard of.

I know I'm leaking info like IP-address, browser and device details. What I can't understand is how all these 1.709 little leeches can possibly deliver enough value and generate revenue based on this information. Who pays them, and for what?

Thanks!

#advertisements #surveillance #cookies

Very happy to present first insights in my new project on advertisements in German Intelligenzblättern at the workshop "Rural Retailing and Global Goods"

#RuralRetail #GlobalGoods #Intelligenzblatt #Advertisements

Illustration by Augustus Jansson, from The Inland Printer (1903–1907).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/07549118-a593-4e0e-8aa1-6a9ae1e626f3

#parades #advertisements #advertising #golf #color #adverts #ink #hats #art #publicdomain

I wonder how long it will be before the free LLMs start polluting their results with adverts. Not just boxes to the side saying "Buy product X", but subtly massaged output to recommend product X as the answer to your question.

It's obviously coming. I'm a bit surprised we've not seen it yet, to be honest. (Unless we have, and it's so subtle I missed it.)

And what will people's response be when this starts happening? Will they revolt? Acquiesce? I truly have no idea.

#AI #LLM #Advertisements

Illustration by Augustus Jansson, from The Inland Printer (1903–7).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d6bc0da8-b803-4e5e-957a-35c56d7292e5

#parades #animals #advertisements #giraffes #advertising #color #adverts #ink #art #publicdomain

Rooster statue at Shirt World, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. (1984) by John Margolies, from John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7e28a49e-8776-4d30-bf3c-d40cf27fddf0

#america #advertisements #americana #advertising #chickens #sky #hats #roads #sculpture #art #publicdomain