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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 65 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I just… don’t watch ads.

Firefox, ublock origin, NextDNS when mobile, pfBlockerNG at home.

I’ve gotten to the point where it’s genuinely jarring if I see an ad on one of my own devices.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ever watch somebody who doesn't know about all that use the rawdog Internet? It's amazing how people can just sit there, deal with all that, and not go apeshit. The population has been conditioned.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

It is pretty insane and depressing that pervasive, jaw-droppingly targeted ads have more or less been completely normalized with the vast majority of the population. I sometimes feel like I have a tin foil hat on when I try to educate people about it these days. Everyone just seems to mostly not care.

[-] loobkoob@kbin.social 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I installed uBlock for someone recently. They complained about all the empty space where the ads used to be. So I removed the empty space by blocking that element with uBlock, which increased the width of the main body of the website, and they then complained that the website was too wide...

Some people are beyond help.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

You’re way too patient. “Nothing I can do about it” would have been my answer to the first complaint.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

It’s a harrowing experience I don’t intend to repeat any time soon.

[-] xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

How does that affect you instagram influencer browsing experience?

What’s instagram?

More seriously: I haven’t had any Meta service or app on any EDC/daily use device I own in roughly 8 years. The only device thar explicitly touches meta stuff is an old android phone I have on a separate DMZ network (yes, I know the internet is rife with Meta (et al) tracking vomit these days, but I think this is close to the best a reasonable, technically inclined person can do).

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