United's Kinective Media is the latest example of how airlines have adopted new revenue streams such as cobranded cards.
  • itsAsin@lemmy.world
    34·
    5 months ago

    “There is the potential for 3.5 hours of attention per traveler, based on average flight time,” United said.

    disgusting.

    • granolabar@kbin.melroy.org
      1·
      5 months ago

      You gonna watch this “content” peasant after you paid me too much for the ticket. What are you gonna do about it?

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
    9·
    5 months ago

    I went on Hawaiian airlines and they have ads. Not like TV, but like they’d have product placements. It felt weird but I was okay with it because I think it was “local?” They also pitched a bunch of local alcohols and drinks for purchase too.

    And watching their little TV also includes those ads. Usually before the show.

    I usually bring my own device.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Same here … last time, I took a tablet and watched two full movies of my own choosing that I wanted to watch. Instead of having the choice of 10 whatever movies that the airline has available, I got to watch what I wanted for the 7 hour flight. The rest of the time, I just slept.

      Best combination - your own tablet loaded with your own videos and audio and a good pair of noise cancelling headphones.

      Make sure to download all content before the flight to work offline, load it all and test it the day before the flight. Disconnect the tablet from the internet and leave it disconnected. (The first time I did this, I loaded tons of Spotify content, didn’t test it beforehand and couldn’t access any of it on the eight hour flight).

      Best way to do it is to just download audio and video files that are not tied to any service like Netflix/Amazon/Spotify/whatever.

      Give yourself hours of content to choose from.

      Have a nice flight.

    • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
      7·
      5 months ago

      What? Since when? I’ve watched TSA confiscate a toy lightsaber from some kid’s backpack, why the heck would an actual knife be allowed?

      • pubquiz@lemmy.world
        11·
        5 months ago

        In Canada (and flying overseas) a blade 4" or less was ok. BTW, the boxcutters used on 9/11 were 3" blades, so we’re paying for security theatre at this point in funding CBSA or the TSA.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          5 months ago

          At this point? It’s always been security theater at the TSA. I’ve heard countless stories of people forgetting about a handgun in a carry-on and the TSA missed it, and others where baby milk was confiscated.

          I don’t know anything about the CBSA, but we (the US) should shut down the TSA, increase the liability of airlines for security, and let the airlines and their insurance decide what’s enough security. They certainly couldn’t do a worse job…

  • AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca
    3·
    5 months ago

    Jokes on them… I turn the screen off, slap on a pair of noise cancelling headphones, and put on my sleeping mask when I’m on a plane.

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    41·
    5 months ago

    Wow is that actually what the inside of an airplane looks like? I’ve never seen a photo from this angle and it looks so impossibly claustrophobic.