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/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/sloanesquared Jul 16 '26

I really think this is part of the Trump effect. He has a world view that nothing matters or is important unless it is making money for someone else and has really normalized extreme greed.

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u/Old-Day1981 Jul 16 '26

Holy shit, the parallels y’all will draw just to get your anti trump fix know no bounds.

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u/Spleenseer Jul 16 '26

Well, I mean, they're not wrong.