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9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game"

181 points · 217 comments · KellyCriterion

  1. wateralien · · focus · HN ↗
    It's not only the World Cup, it's everything, everywhere, all the time. We are drowning in marketing messages. It's gross.
    1. thinkingtoilet · · focus · HN ↗
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      1. torginus · · focus · HN ↗
        I like American football enough to watch it, but not enough to watch it live, which which kind of gets rid of the ads.

        As for continuous play, I feel like the Americans made the very particular decision to cut out the potentially boring parts the game, so every moment is either setup or bombastic action.

        It's weird but there is appeal to the idea.

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