43 stories tagged advertising, newest first.
353 points by robtherobber | 358 comments
A TV Fandom Lounge article on Disney+ and Hulu raising subscription prices days after updating terms to allow ads on all tiers, including Premium, alongside weak Nielsen ratings.
![Screenshot of jorgegarciaherrero.com: A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/29/561ac83e-adf1-4d9e-8f37-d1f91b25f5a7.jpg)
409 points by damaru2 | 130 comments
Research paper analyzing third-party advertising and tracking services in web and mobile deployments of nine conversational AI services, including leakage of prompts and conversation data.
387 points by jjbinx007 | 120 comments
An unofficial parody website imitating a Windows boot screen for a fictional 'Windows 11½' that is 'preparing your ad experience', satirizing ads in Windows.
255 points by p-s-v | 320 comments
A personal project post on petervijeh.com analyzing data on whether Reddit has an astroturfing problem with bots and advertisers posing as genuine commenters.
11 points by pavel_lishin | 0 comments
A Bluesky thread by Laura Bassett saying a Chase ad appears to feature an AI-generated version of her, with a link to the ad.
148 points by cdrnsf | 116 comments
Business Insider article reporting on OpenAI's strategy of paying social media influencers to promote ChatGPT and portray the company as beneficial.
736 points by MC995 | 540 comments
TechRadar news article reporting user frustration over persistent promotional 'ads' Apple has added to iOS.
57 points by docdeek | 42 comments
Stanford Review article reporting that Stanford's Residential & Dining Enterprises used AI to alter students' race in promotional images.
152 points by KellyCriterion | 197 comments
University of Bristol press release on a study finding World Cup viewers saw junk food, alcohol and gambling branding every seven seconds, over 93,000 appearances.
436 points by DeepLogin | 284 comments
Consumer Rights Wiki article on Disney+'s January 2025 subscriber agreement change allowing ads in all tiers, including ad-free plans.
413 points by xlii | 249 comments
Blog post by the developer of RACE, a Rust macOS terminal multiplexer, about how their software ended up flagged or advertised as malicious via Google Ads.
1311 points by herbertl | 659 comments
Seth Godin blog post arguing Amazon's search ad revenue functions as a tax on merchants and publishers, distorting search results for shoppers.
1012 points by montecarl | 774 comments
OpenAI's landing page for advertisers to buy relevant ads that appear inside ChatGPT conversations.
482 points by lmbbuchodi | 339 comments
Blog post analyzing how ChatGPT injects ad units into its conversation stream and how OpenAI's OAIQ merchant tracking SDK closes the attribution loop.
540 points by giuliomagnifico | 219 comments
Axios scoop reporting that Meta removed ads on its platforms soliciting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuits.
499 points by _____k | 290 comments
The Register article reporting GitHub removed Copilot's ability to insert promotional "tips" into pull requests after developer backlash.
1364 points by pavo-etc | 552 comments
Blog post describing how GitHub Copilot, asked to fix a typo in a pull request, edited the PR description to insert an advertisement for itself and Raycast.
517 points by nickk81 | 278 comments
A satirical but functional demo of an ad-supported AI chat showing banners, interstitials, sponsored responses, and freemium gates.
1109 points by cdrnsf | 490 comments
Blog post by Kirk McElhearn arguing that ads served by Taboola in Apple News are so often scams that he now assumes all of them are.
581 points by ksec | 479 comments
9to5Mac article reporting Apple is testing an App Store search design that makes sponsored ads look more like regular search results.
534 points by calcifer | 463 comments
A personal blog post titled "The A in AGI stands for Ads" that speculates, half-satirically, on how OpenAI might introduce advertising.
344 points by coldpie | 384 comments
Blog post arguing that while browsers once blocked pop-up ads, modern websites have reintroduced pop-up style overlays that browsers no longer block.
980 points by tomjuggler | 778 comments
A Circus Scientist blog post arguing that Google is no longer useful and asking where creators and small businesses should turn next.
529 points by fleahunter | 423 comments
Ars Technica guide to avoiding smart TV ads and tracking, covering options like dumb TVs and alternatives to connected televisions.
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412 points by gbugniot | 226 comments
YouTube video of Intermarché's 'Conte de Noël' Christmas advert from the French supermarket chain.
456 points by hliyan | 411 comments
Reddit r/LegalAdviceUK post about a schizophrenic woman who hospitalised herself after mistaking a smart fridge advertisement for a psychotic episode; page blocked.
797 points by fleahunter | 695 comments
BleepingComputer news article reporting that leaked code shows OpenAI is preparing to roll out ads in ChatGPT.
635 points by donohoe | 472 comments
Sherwood News brief on a Reuters report that internal Meta documents projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from scam ads and banned goods.
539 points by stalfosknight | 445 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that Samsung will officially show ads on its $3,499 Family Hub smart fridges through an upcoming software update.
510 points by ry8806 | 294 comments
A personal blog post explaining why the author removed the Disqus comment system from his blog, citing its injected ads.
863 points by dotcoma | 541 comments
Daring Fireball post by John Gruber criticizing Apple for sending a Wallet app push notification advertising 'F1 The Movie', arguing it erodes user trust.
644 points by greenburger | 864 comments
New York Times article about WhatsApp introducing advertisements in its messaging app; the capture shows a bot-blocking page.
1681 points by smnrg | 1220 comments
An essay on simone.org arguing for and exploring the consequences of making advertising illegal.
457 points by ViktorRay | 230 comments
Financial Times article reporting that Google and Meta made a secret advertising deal to target teenagers, shown behind a subscription paywall.
460 points by firebaze | 379 comments
Heise online news article reporting that Firefox now enables a privacy-preserving ad attribution feature that collects user data by default.
370 points by Borrible | 235 comments
Tom Waits Library fan-archive page documenting Waits v. Frito-Lay, his lawsuit over a Doritos ad imitating his voice, opening with his quote against advertising use of music.
388 points by linguae | 877 comments
The Verge reports that Apple apologized for its iPad Pro 'Crush' ad, which was criticized as dismissive of the creative community.
319 points by alexzeitler | 224 comments
The Verge news article reporting that Amazon Prime Video will begin showing ads on January 29th, 2024, unless subscribers pay an extra monthly fee.
331 points by neffo | 48 comments
A Mastodon thread by Valve's Jake Rodkin explaining how the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer was lit using Steam Deck OLED screens inside a giant metal orb.
317 points by kevincox | 203 comments
A Computers Are Bad newsletter essay by J. B. Crawford about Cooler Screens, the digital display doors replacing glass on Walgreens refrigerators.
454 points by ed_westin | 323 comments
The Conversation article explaining Google Chrome's new ad-targeting and tracking system (Privacy Sandbox) and what users need to know about it.
363 points by ReadCarlBarks | 267 comments
Mozilla Bugzilla bug 1835158 reporting that Firefox 113 showed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unrelated page, closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.
376 points by LinuxBender | 166 comments
The Register article on Microsoft testing ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu and seeking user feedback, with mixed reactions from users.