I Was Shown Cancer Medication Ads During A Show About Terminal Illness—And It Felt Like A ‘Black Mirror’ Episode
Its inappropriate and highly uncomfortable for all parties involved, and an invasion of privacy. On an informal level, the contextual ads shown to me felt icky. But, I dont have cancer, so this is merely a hypothesis. Black Mirror / Dying For Sex Is it unkind and somewhat predatory to pounce on that moment with a contextually targeted ad? To take advantage of my pain for capitalistic gain? What if that cancer is, as it is in the show, terminal?...