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Sky Deutschland Considering Using Bone Conduction To Force Ads On Train Riders

Posted by Soulskill on from the because-rail-transportation-has-been-too-good-for-too-long dept.

KindMind writes "Sky Deutschland is considering a proposal to use bone conduction to broadcast ads to train riders. The idea is that the riders rest their heads against a part of the train, like the train window, and then bone conduction would broadcast ads directly into their ears."

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  1. Re:lolwut by Jetra · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seems that the world is turning into Futurama. Where are our hypnotoads and drunken robots burping fire?

  2. Re:We need a new right... by i+kan+reed · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm radically anti-advertising, I firmly believe that advertising is actually economically damaging to society, since it represents a deviation from what a person would believe their own best interests were without the advertising present. The degree to which mentally unhealthy con-games and brainwashing are used also potentially represents a mass damage to the human psyche.

    I understand that free-speech is valuable and not to be trod on lightly, but if you're paying for it, it's not really free speech anyways. I'd like to see what a paid-ad free post industrial society is like.

  3. Re:We need a new right... by camperdave · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Free speech is about being allowed to speak out against the government. It has nothing to do with advertising whatsoever.

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