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@ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad

Yup. I won't own a TV.

And years back I had a car in which I removed the radio's tuning knob so passengers would quit trying to tune away from NPR.

Of course these days the only ads I *can't* escape are *on* NPR.

@nanianmichaels @ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad SponsorBlock, last I looked at it, is a disappointment: I don't want to block sponsor messages, I want to block ALL videos that HAVE sponsor messages. SponsorBlock has that information - any video with marked sponsor times - but I can't use it to remove all of those videos from the search results.

@ShadowJonathan this is the minimum, standard, default behaviour for anyone faced with non consensual ads or media of any kind.

I dont think anybody exists who does not engage with this appropriately. if there is such a person then I think they will not be here for long.

@ShadowJonathan I will spend the equivalent of your ad's runtime skipping back and forth to find the exact moment it ends

this isn't even about saving time for me

@DJGummikuh @ShadowJonathan @falcennial sites that popup ads stating that they are unable to display ads are most infuriating

@ShadowJonathan I’m just using ad blocking all the time. If it breaks browsing I’ll disable it temporarily of if I care enough, or close the tab if I don’t. If it still doesn’t work properly (the site is so covered with crap, that it’s useless), I’ll close it too. I am not watching YT directly- only through Invidious.

@kevingranade @helenaisvibing @ShadowJonathan paperclip to the speaker works pretty well too

@ShadowJonathan

I talked to a friend who always clicks the sponsored link, specifically to cost the company buying the advertising money.

I never click the link to cost the advertising company money.

It made me laugh that there are two types of people

@ShadowJonathan Just gonna leave this here.

https://ublockorigin.com/

@ShadowJonathan and this is why we're on the fedi

@delve @ShadowJonathan this thing saved me when YT got crazy and blocked all the ad blockers. Somehow these guys got around it!

@wakingrufus @ShadowJonathan

Imagine using the web with no ad blocker..

most teenagers..

they know no other life..

Apple is nobody's friend here.. at least not their consumers. One of many reasons why I don't buy their products.. ever..

@heppycat @DJGummikuh @ShadowJonathan @falcennial
I have my blocker set to only block Tracking, so those pop ups are especially annoying.

@ShadowJonathan I use ad blockers extensively.

@ShadowJonathan I will get a case, if someone tells me. they work in advertising

@ShadowJonathan

Advertisements in general tend to intentionally create anxiety and FOMO. Unintentionally they also distract thinking and attention. Harmful, even if you're not driving a car.

I've mostly successfully eliminated ads from my life, and when I sometimes see how the other half lives, I'm surprised they can even function under it all.

@steffo @ShadowJonathan yea never without an adblocker ever again

@groxx @kevingranade @helenaisvibing @ShadowJonathan

They are lucky that noone thought of construction foam there yet…

@wakingrufus @ShadowJonathan more than a decade ago that was always my experience at corporate training courses where the browsers were plain IE or Chrome if you were lucky.

I dread to think what it's like today for most people who don't install an ad blocker by default.

I'm old enough to remember using Netscape before you needed an adblocker...

@ShadowJonathan Ads make me not want the thing. If I'm in the market for the thing, I'll look it up, and see what's out there. I don't need the thing thrown in my face, and it has the opposite effect.

Btw, I am STILL holding a grudge against Empire Flooring because their phone number has been embedded, against my will, in my brain cells since the early 90s. If I win the lotto, and need thousands of feet of flooring, I'll call them just to tell them they don't get the job!