What the fuck? You're already paying out the ass to get food delivered why are they shoving ads in your face?

I'm so fucking tired of advertisements. I'm sick and tired of it.

Apps that autoplay video adds really don't respect people on mobile metered connections. Especially if these videos are 90 seconds long. This is such a greedy addition to an app where you are already paying for a product...

The over-commercialization of everyday life we see in the Cyberpunk genre is finally becoming real. Now where’s my flying car?

Yeah, but… why?

Why the fuck are ads even profitable? Seriously? Who actually sees an ad and thinks "I'm going to buy this product"? When I see an ad I think "fuck you" and I'm less likely to buy their product.

No worries we will just uninstall them all same way we did Netflix.

Imagine federated Uber/Eats 😂

non-paywalled link: https://archive.is/foKCB

The reason simply seems to be a: "Well, what are you gonna do? We want to squeeze every cent out of you"

I’ll be happy if they go through with this. I already have trouble resisting the lure of easy access food, but this will help me kick that habit.

I don’t use any services with ads. None. This will be the end of me using Uber.

I am so sick of ads being everywhere. It's such a mental load.

Video ads will run on the primary Uber app while users wait for their drivers to arrive and during their trips, said Mark Grether, vice president and general manager of Uber Technologies’ advertising division. They will also appear on tablets installed inside certain Uber cars.

The Uber Eats app will play video ads after customers place orders and continue until their deliveries arrive; Drizly will run them in search results on its app and website as well as other areas of the site.

Why do they think anyone will leave the app open after ordering, if it just plays ads nonstop? Is the idea that each time they load it to check their order status an ad starts playing?

Audio for ads on the company’s apps will be muted by default, while users will need to manually turn off the audio and display components of the in-ride tablets, according to Grether. Ad inventory will initially be sold directly to buyers in the form of brand takeover packages, with only one company’s ads running during any single ride or transaction.

In-car tablets with audio-enabled ads for a single company on repeat. Poor poor drivers.

I bet the first thing a driver will say once a patron gets in is "you can click this button right here to disable the ad (please please please)"

Are they expecting people to pay for the service, AND watch ads?

If you aren't paying you are the product...Wait...Aren't we paying?

This should be good for Lyft.

I’m still too broken up about Google Readers untimely death.

But really, I have been using more RSS feeds lately too. The only issue I have been having recently is that a lot of the websites that offer RSS don’t push the whole article to my feed and I still have to go to their website so they can serve me their ads.

I think the ad driven revenue streams are what is gonna keep us from seeing a major RSS resurgence.

with 0 uber apps on my phone I will see exaclty 0 ads :)

They can't show you ads if you don't have their app installed.

Uber and lyft both work on web mobile. Still a good reason to not use uber though.

Nice. Never liked Uber, another reason to avoid it.

wow this is bullshit

Uber is learning from social media apps

@dirtmayor That's not an issue if you rarely open them 😎👉👉

But yea, if you have a low powered device you just want to get to your destination quicker. You do not want to wait for a full ad to finish in order to get to your drive.

(okay, this might not be an issue if you wait for your car anyway, but still).

It says no subscribed communities even though I am subbed to multiple different communities.

Edit: I refreshed the app and that seems to have fixed it.

Huh. Guess I won't be using Uber's apps then. Anytime I'm a paying customer I do not want to see ads shoved in my face. Good thing there's competition.