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Netflix is launching its own ad tech platform only a year and a half after entering the advertising business.

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[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I used to be excited by new things in tech but all I can think is "what the fuck now"

Please tell me its not just me getting old

[–] trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

Even at a lower level, i use to see "update" and think oo what feature or functionality has come out?

Now its like "fuck im forced to update, what feature are they removing or putting behind a paywall now"

[–] elvith@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

It's only logical. They already show ads. When they run their own ad tech stack, they cut out the middle man and earn all the money themselves.

Sure it takes a bit of work to get customers and such, but when you're a company of that size with that many customers, it shouldn't be that hard.

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

you're right, everything sucks now. literally everything is about stuffing ads in your face and spying on you. on top of taking your money of course.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's not just you getting old. Tech and products in general have been getting worse for years now. They don't try to make amazing products any more. A select few companies have cornered the entire market in every single industry, so now their goal is to make a product that extracts the absolute maximum profit.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, this sounds terrible

[–] schnokobaer@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like their password sharing crackdown made people accuse them of being out of touch and they respond like "out of touch? Us?! Lmao, watch this!"

[–] Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am outraged as well, but arguably this is competition, and how many corpos with deep pockets can legitimately fight Google/Amazon without going broke. This feels like loss but with a really strong silver lining.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surely competition will make advertising better for consumers!

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Iron helps us play!

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago

Yay, another billions of dollars invested in new ways to show me ads.