r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26
Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone
My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this š«
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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26
My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this š«
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u/RainyDayisGreat Jul 16 '26
I think the demand on attention is the most offending part. All day everyday it feels like walking through a crowded marketplace where vendors are screaming at you to get you to transact.
Everything is monetized or marketed. Turning on the local news Iām presented an influencer chucking āhot dealsā under the guise of newsworthy happenings. YouTube creators were always playing the game of hitting the algorithm to get ad revenue, now everyone has a ton of affiliate linked items totally unrelated to the video content. I google about ankle pain and immediately Iām served up a seemingly endless stream of magical products or solutions on Facebook. Itās exhausting and it draws a stark contrast to real world interactions with people that just care about you without some additional agenda. Technology was supposed to bring us closer together, itās done the exact opposite.
Generating revenue is necessary, I get it. But if Iām buying a car and the Car Salesman pops the truck of one of the models and tries to sell me bath soap, theyāre no longer supporting a process that helps me, they just want every dollar they can possibly extract from me. If I see a friend and theyāre always trying to sell me life insurance or a pyramid scheme, theyāre not genuinely engaging with me.
This has been part of the mix the whole time I think, it just feels turned up to 11 in recent years.