Now, ads for The Gap I wouldn't mind (they're in NYC every block, too)
For example, you’re sitting in a taxi traveling up 6th Avenue when the cab passes by a Starbucks. Suddenly, your cell phone rings. Starbucks is offering you a 50-cent discount on a Mochaccino if you come in right away. But in a recent cab ride through the Big Apple, Catlett said he noticed there is a Starbucks every two or three blocks.
Right. So I’d get to PAY by the minute for ads to be CALLED INTO MY PHONE? Wonder-fucking-ful. And what if you LIVE right next to a Starbucks? What then? Why can’t marketers and advertisers just, for once, leave something alone? I mean cell phones are pretty intimate.. far too personal for it to be acceptable to be called like this. I was reading tech news from Yahoo! wirelessly in a cafe at lunch today, and I actually could pay attention to the story. You know why? There’s not banner ads yet in the wireless internet. If I get any coupons called to me, I’m going to flip out..