On: Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide

[petre]

Cities look increasingly like Blade Runner LA.

[gozur88 → petre]

Blade Runner LA was quite a bit worse, with giant airships floating around blasting audio.

No wonder everyone went to the offworld colonies.

[TeMPOraL → gozur88]

I wonder why that doesn't happen today. It's technically accessible. I've seen a blimp with a banner in the past once. No audio. What stops ad people from jumping at this medium?

[petre → TeMPOraL]

It's probably against the law to annoy residents with audio ads from blimps and for a good reason.

I bet rednecks would shoot their rifles at would be audio ad blimps passing over their property without thinking twice - like they do now with drones. And I don't blame them, because I'd do the same any day.

[TeMPOraL → petre]

I'd buy a rifle for that reason myself. Or revive my high-school hobby of building solid fuel rocket engines. I'm just curious what stops ad blimps from appearing in big cities.

[gozur88 → TeMPOraL]

I'm pretty sure the audio would fall afoul of noise ordinances. If not, you'd probably hear it from strip malls.

I suspect what stops us from seeing more blimps is cost. They're expensive to operate, and billboards are cheap.