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Google Hides Ads In Your Family Photos, Calls It "Innovation" (isglitch.com)

submitted 1 month ago by EtAl_isGitch@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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New "Ad Camouflage" feature replaces Grandma with Grubhub, seamlessly

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[–] YoFrodo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For early adopters, Google is rolling out "Historical Ad Backfill," which scans physical photos you upload to retroactively insert brands into your childhood. "Remember that bike you got for Christmas? It's a Peloton now. Always has been," Reynolds winked, somehow audibly.

lmao

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

That is straight up Terry Pratchett writing!

"You could hear the capital letters."