I sometimes think that no one cares about online privacy, which makes me really sad, then I read this from @pluralistic - good to know!
https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/07/revealed-preferences/#extinguish-v-improve
So maybe people DO care, but just feel like they can't do much about it?
@patrickleavy @pluralistic I enjoyed this article, and I didn't know this and found it interesting:
> ... the advertising industry has been repeating since the days when it was waging a massive campaign against the TV remote on the grounds that people would "steal" TV by changing the channel when the ads came on.
I'm not very familiar with life before cable TV, but it seems especially offensive since cable TV is both paid and has a ton of ads. I hope this was at least before paid TV...
@axby @patrickleavy @pluralistic
When I was a little boy, in the 1960s, an issue of MAD magazine showed how to splice an on-off switch on a long wire to the feed to your TV speaker. DIY ad mute button.
The article mentioned how smug you'll feel defeating a TV ad that took millions of dollars to make with a 15 cent switch.
@thamesynne @axby @patrickleavy @pluralistic
I suppose you are too young to have heard the phrase "and now a word from our sponsor..." from the 1950s ?
There were TV shows containing the sponsor's name, such as Hallmark Hall of Fame, Texaco Star Theatre, The Colgate Comedy Hour, and Kraft Television Theatre.
Patrick Leavy
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