2040: a $30k neural interface becomes available.

2042: a $20 budget neural version hits the market but requires the user to watch a 15s ad every 5 minutes.

h2zizzle 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We already live in Harrison Bergeron's world, for anyone forced to, say, watch the NBC broadcast of the Olympics' opening and closing ceremonies. "Don't go having unsanctioned thoughts about that artistry, or forgetting about our commercial sponsors!"

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prepend 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

2041: a $30k neural interface that forces a user to watch a 15s ad every 30 minutes replaces previous version.

Every year after: interval decreases by a minute between ads

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autoexec 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Let's be honest, they'd put ads in the pay version too.

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jMyles 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We would never force a user to watch a 15-second ad every 5 minutes.

We simply augment their content with a 15-second fully-immersive aesthetic and psychological experience which highlights the quality of our sponsor's product.

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plagiarist 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If the neural interface can filter other ads, that frequency would be a reduction for many people.

	▲	autoexec 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Filtering ads outright would never happen. They'd create a market where the device would replace the ads you see or hear with the ads of the highest bidder, and then insert new ads on top of that.
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	▲	ImPostingOnHN 23 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		NeuraLink a year later: "Help your ad bubble to the top! Our BlueCheck ad partnership plan bypasses our filters for the paltry sum of 10% of conversion revenues!"