r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

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u/Jaybrosia Jul 16 '26

someone is making bank off of this

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u/swimming_singularity Jul 16 '26

I've really started to notice it more after COVID. Everyone wants in my wallet. If there is some new concern, there's some way to monetize it. Plus all the advertising constantly bombarding me. Businesses charging me little extra fees.

I'm really not surprised they are finding new ways to monetize something people have been doing for decades. Everyone wants in my wallet and I'm sick of it.

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u/RRW2020 Jul 16 '26

I grew up on the U.S. and moved to the U.K. 10 years ago. Completely different vibe. Billboards are largely illegal. Advertising is very different here; it’s not so in-your-face.

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u/UserCannotBeVerified Jul 16 '26

Billboards are illegal?! Where in the UK did you move to because ive lived here pretty much all my life and im forever seeing those awful JC Decaux billboards everywhere

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u/RRW2020 Jul 24 '26

It’s this… I guess not all billboards are illegal in the U.K., but it’s nothing compared to the US. It’s really, really crazy. Especially when driving on interstates/motorways. They’re everywhere.

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u/AbeltheRevenant Jul 16 '26

It's still massively on the rise as well as the wallet dipping. Just slightly behind some other places, but getting worse at the same rate

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u/Fun-Dragonfly-4166 Jul 16 '26

i am in the US but billboards are illegal (or just do not happen) in my city. I notice them when I travel. They are obnoxious.

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u/worthing0101 Jul 16 '26

No advertising pharmaceuticals direct to consumers is one of the things the UK does that I'd love to see here in the US.