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I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don't belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren't installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say "Download this app today". The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I remember the times I'd go from watching Tivo to trying to watch live TV.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Only time I ever see actual ads anymore are when I'm out and about and see billboards, when my parents are watching TV, or when I go to furaffinity on TOR for some NSFW images.

I'm fine with the ads on FA since they're at the top and bottom of the pages and not intrusive at all and aren't really much more than ads for probably shitty games (minus the Brok the Investigator ads) and art commission services the vast majority of the time.

[-] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago
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[-] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today -5 points 1 year ago

Everyone here is so passionately hating ad's. I haven't felt that upset about ad's since I was a teenager back in like 2004.

I use adblocker for my browser cause I don't want spyware/malware. But watching TV ad's is interesting to me. I keep seeing comments about people being complete idiots who just settled and they just take it from the advertisers...

That couldn't be farther from the truth for someone like me. I enjoy nostalgia a lot. So I got a live tv package with regular cable tv channels and there are ad's. I did this on purpose though. I am not some idiot who has been brainwashed. I just find advertising interesting in general.

Seems like a lot of commenters here would think of me as some kind of monster. Why, I'm not sure. I guess cause ad's are some kind of big bad we all have to fight against?

Someone here mentioned that people work on those ad's and I think that's part of why I enjoy them. Because technically, that's often someone's artwork. I'm in favor of more animated commercials too.

But I get it. Consumerism = bad.

Just feels like more like "no fun allowed"

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