This weekend was crazy as I flew to Arizona for my brothers wedding. But something I found interesting was that the Phoeniz Airport has two wifi options. You can of course pay for fast, decent wifi for a certain time period. Or you can get free wifi IF you are willing to sit through about 5 mins of advertisement videos. Then you get your wifi.
I though it was both creative and annoying. People expect wifi and want it free so they make it conditionally free. It gives them a chance to get sponsors (the ad was different from when I arrived there and was waiting to be picked up and two days later waiting for the plane to leave).
Advertisements really are everywhere. Even just trying to access wifi can now expose you to ads!
I dislike advertisements for many more reasons and especially when a sibling was studying advertising and switched majors because she felt it was too manipulative. But I also realize they open a variety of jobs and help the economy in some ways.
Guess you can't win
Lisa
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