I've been blocking ads for so long that actually seeing them feels perverse

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.

kaotic,

At this point I actively avoid brands that shove ads into my web browsing.

Catoblepas,

I feel like this whenever I’m subjected to cable ads. Who the fuck can sit through like 4 or 5 minutes of ads every 15 minutes?

EeeDawg101,

And they’re paying lots of money for it! It’s mind blowing

JackbyDev,

They even speed up old shows and movies to run more ads!

sturmblast,

When I’m not using computers behind my three layers of filters I have here at home… I feel very sad for the internet.

Cat,
@Cat@kbin.social avatar

What a great way to put it. Years ago my wife was annoyed when I started blocking ads because it was effecting streaming on some apps. Now if an ad gets through look out!

When we see ads, it is so annoying. Page loads are clunky and games blast you with ads.

ButWhatDoesItAllMean,

Pihole was the best thing I ever set up for home Internet consumption

Darkassassin07,
@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

Add on a OpenVPN instance to keep mobile devices behind that pihole when on mobile data/external wifi.

Plus a little extra encryption across public networks couldn’t hurt.

Darkassassin07,
@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say “Download this app today”.

Dear god, they read themselves to you now?!? Kill it with fire!!

I want the creator drawn and quartered.

DirkMcCallahan,

Whenever I use a browser without adblock, it takes me back to the early 2000s, and not in a good way.

satanmat,

I forget that YouTube has ads. And then I go to watch on a platform that doesn’t have blocking and it freaks me out.

Thurgo,

The NHL put computer graphic advertisements on the boards and it has nearly ruined the sport for me. There are some bootleg streams that have a broadcast without the advertisements but most of them I find have the ads. Flashing shit. Cars driving down the boards. Animated logos. It’s insane what the NHL decided to do with their broadcast product.

VanillaGorilla,

My colleague uses chrome like Google intended and every time she shares her screen I question her sanity. Terminal instead of iTerm, ok. Not using oh my zsh, well, if you insist. But that? You can barely identify the information you're looking for between all that screaming nonsense.

Imajustlayhere,

"When I'm watchin' my TV
And a man comes on and tells me
How white my shirts can be
But, he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarettes as me"
The Rolling Stones

FARTYSHARTBLAST,
@FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social avatar

That's because it is.

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