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[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 106 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

“[Netflix] members pay as much attention to midroll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves,” Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, said, per the publication.

Amy, I want you to be honest with me, are you an alien.

Because on planet Earth we do not, if fact, pay as much attention to the ads as to the things we're actually interested in. Famously our brains even produce this fascinating effect to spare us from the bullshit you're shoving into our eyeballs.

[–] themagzuz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

i think in netflix's case, they might actually be paying as much attention to the ads as they do the shows, which is to say none at all

[–] SilverFlame@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

This is exactly how I interpreted that statement. No one is paying attention, who cares if they slip some garbage ads in?

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