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> Good riddance

Out of curiosity, why? I tend to like in-flight entertainment options, at least on Delta.

Any captive audience like airplane passengers (who are, by federal law, confined to their seat at the discretion of the flight crew) are a vector for advertising. I don’t like having my attention sold.

> captive audience like airplane passengers (who are, by federal law, confined to their seat at the discretion of the flight crew) are a vector for advertising. I don’t like having my attention sold

I've never been shown a third-party ad on Delta. The only "ad" is an intro video, which seems acceptable.

Doesn’t mean you won’t be:

https://www.imm-international.com/airline-partners-usa/delta...

Weight may be an issue. For an airplane extra weight means more fuel burned per mile.

personally i hate TVs (usually sports) being forced upon me. but i understand how valuable the screens are for infrequent flyers.

> i hate TVs (usually sports) being forced upon me

Fair enough. Delta's are easy to turn off, which I do most of the time. I've been on flights where they autoplay--or have ads--and that's incredibly annoying. I enjoy taking some flights watching a film--something I ordinarily don't do--on a screen without distractions.

Easy to turn off after the federally mandated safety video plays. Oh, but what about that downtime before? The airlines already have the ability to disable the power button for the 90 second safety video, what if we changed the lockout to 120s instead? Or 180?

Remember, there didn’t used to be commercials before movies, either.

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