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[-] Mokujin@lemmy.world 111 points 1 year ago

I never knew adblockers were a thing until the most recent hubbub with YouTube, so I went down a rabbit hole and the world is a better place.

Imagine what I might learn tomorrow.

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 122 points 1 year ago

I'm very curious as to how you survived on the Internet without an adblocker for the last decade.

[-] lepthesr@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

My guess is they grew up with it like that. Us old fuckers privy to the Internet of the 90s and 00s, know what it should be.

[-] Techmaster@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Scrolling marquees, blinking text, background midi music, hit counters, guest books, and web rings?

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago

Bring back hit counters

And guest books

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

And don't forget huge signatures with GIFs and all sorts of crap for your favourite forum.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 14 points 1 year ago

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

[-] lepthesr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well, it was also simple at the time. I guess growing up with the bs made us hate it, then they got gud, and kids don't care anymore today.

[-] Veticia@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Now you just hit me with nostalgia. Yes, all of it.

[-] dukethorion@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Ah, yes! The days of composing websites in Notepad.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 points 1 year ago

30 is old now?

[-] Bizarroland@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

They probably hated the internet, I know I would have

[-] White_Flight@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I know right?

I haven't seen an ad in over a decade, and that includes TV commercials, well maybe TV commercials in sporting events

[-] pragmakist@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

There are still significant parts of the internet without ads.

Although I'd admit that the gap between the demise of usenet and the birth of the fediverse was tough.

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