I feel the same way. My family does our best to avoid ads where we can, and almost always mute them when they do pop up. It was really easy to find a third party app to disable ads on YouTube, which is the most agregious.
When I'm subjected to them, I usually get really frustrated, and will half jokingly start yelling at the TV, usually something like "Leave my family alone!" Or just being really sarcastic. Even my oldest child will yell at the TV "Go away ads!" Which I'm proud of.
But truly, every time I'm served an ad, I get mad because it feels so tone deaf to me. I understand companies would never change their advertising, and would never share my worldview, but I just hate seeing all of the glamour and superficial shine of capitalism when it is failing more and more people day by day. It just feels like consumerist theater/escapism.
I feel the same way. My family does our best to avoid ads where we can, and almost always mute them when they do pop up. It was really easy to find a third party app to disable ads on YouTube, which is the most agregious.
When I'm subjected to them, I usually get really frustrated, and will half jokingly start yelling at the TV, usually something like "Leave my family alone!" Or just being really sarcastic. Even my oldest child will yell at the TV "Go away ads!" Which I'm proud of.
But truly, every time I'm served an ad, I get mad because it feels so tone deaf to me. I understand companies would never change their advertising, and would never share my worldview, but I just hate seeing all of the glamour and superficial shine of capitalism when it is failing more and more people day by day. It just feels like consumerist theater/escapism.