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And they will be so severely targeted to you that you won't be able to identify that they are designed to influence your purchasing or voting decisions. And they will be of production quality rivaling the highest budget films - rendered on your own hardware.

▲ butlike 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The gameplay _becomes_ the ad. If you have a full sash of potions in every slot, they spell "C","O","K","E". The monster-bashing sounds sound like onomatopoetic "Apple!" "Goog!". The armor colors are the same as the NFL teams nearest your locale!

It will be a nightmare! haha

▲ MattDamonSpace 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Every ad since the dawn of time was designed to influence your purchasing decisions

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dotancohen 6 hours ago | parent [-]

But you could identify them as ads and understand their purpose.

That will soon likely no longer be the case.

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swiftcoder 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I submit that most people haven't been able to do that for some time now. Advertising wouldn't be such big business if it didn't work on a macro scale.

	▲	CooCooCaCha 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nobody is saying advertisement doesn’t work.

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extraextra 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nowadays with so much "viral hacking" and "guerilla marketing", you have to be mindful about all content you consume

Perhaps only half of "ads" are actually marked as such

So, it won't change that much from today, the difference won't be as big as the difference between 2000s ads and today

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Revanche1367 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How would we know if we can't identify them and they don't tell us? The ads are among us...

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AlexErrant 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This was already lost with product placements in movies/TV shows.

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anticorporate 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean, sure, some advertisers might get more sophisticated. The garbagefest of internet advertising won't go anywhere, though. It'll still be as bleak and obnoxious as always, because someone will always accept a buck to let you barrage their visitors' eyes and ears.

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MattDamonSpace 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

“The ads will get so good you won’t realize they’re ads and you’ll end up buying all this stuff without awareness of why you’re doing it”

Do you actually think this is going to happen *to you* or are you just speculating about all the idiot dupes out there?

▲ hypercube33 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Dont be silly, it will be on the companies hardware. We're pushed to a rent to "use" model in so many things now.

▲ acchow 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Subtle product placements tailored specifically for you will be injected into movies and TV