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The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by brirec »

kube-system wrote: post #17
kibwen wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why settle for crumbs? There should be limits on how many billboards, digital or otherwise, are allowed to exist, and that limit can be "zero". Advertising is a blight.

In my experience, the worst offenders are not billboards but signage for local establishments, which would usually be unaffected by a billboard ban.

I don’t expect any laws to really change this any time soon, but the billboards in Times Square are about as egregious in this regard as it possibly could get.

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by yawn »

vel0city wrote: post #4

The digital boards in hockey can get really annoying even when they're working as intended. Animating them should definitely be banned and I wouldn't mind seeing the digital ads disappear entirely.

I was shocked as a non-hockey fan to see an ad of a car driving along the wall during active play. My eyes instinctively moved to the ad away from the puck. It was gross.

As an NBA fan, I hate how ads keep getting crammed into every piece of equipment on the court, the jerseys, etc.

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Post by derekp7 »

maskros wrote: post #18
e1ghtSpace wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How soon will content makers make their content look like ads to force these algorithms to fail?

That's already happened ... just look at how many youtube channels have integrated a "and now let's briefly talk about my sponsors" segment in the middle.

Now all Youtube needs is to give the content creator the ability to disable the fast forward / skip 10 second buttons at specified portions of the video (in return for a fee of course).

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Post by chirau »

brirec wrote: post #21
kube-system wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my experience, the worst offenders are not billboards but signage for local establishments, which would usually be unaffected by a billboard ban.

I don’t expect any laws to really change this any time soon, but the billboards in Times Square are about as egregious in this regard as it possibly could get.

I wouldn't say any of them are individually too bright (except maybe the big Nasdaq screen). I would say, however, that the density or collection of the boards makes for a really lit up scene. What disturbs me more is the frequent changes in color due to ads switching and lights going from on to off or one color to another. That fast and random changing can be annoying.

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by scottlamb »

> I have a good relationship with Godsey ... so I emailed him and asked if he could tell me the backstory, even if only off the record, just to satisfy my own curiosity.

> “I’m not sure I want to deal with the can of worms it will open, so I’ll tell you privately,” he wrote back.

And then the author published it. WTF? They won't have a good relationship now!

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by vgel »

scottlamb wrote: post #27

> I have a good relationship with Godsey ... so I emailed him and asked if he could tell me the backstory, even if only off the record, just to satisfy my own curiosity. > “I’m not sure I want to deal with the can of worms it will open, so I’ll tell you privately,” he wrote back. And then the author published it. WTF? They won't have a good relationship now!

They clarify later on that Godsey changed his mind and allowed the author to publish it.
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