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@ShadowJonathan sounds like me
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@ShadowJonathan you can eliminate almost all of them with some effort but it really annoys me that you can't do anything about the ones in the bus (stops) and the train (stations), apart from moving
which means either to a cool place like Skåne that has actively taken action to prevent advertising in public spaces; or to the middle of nowhere where advertising is not profitable, like in rural Scotland where bus stops are just cute wee wooden shelters and billboards are a foreign concept
And for most ppl neither is really an option:/
@helenaisvibing @ShadowJonathan Spray. Paint.
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@ShadowJonathan If I cannot suppress the ads, I do not use the service, plain and simple.
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There are generational differences. My parents were Boomers, and the Vietnam War defined their lives. Gen X were latch key kids. That was a defining feature of our generation.
Yeah, putting hard edges around the years defining generations is dumb, but there really are giant cultural experiences that only exist for one generation.
In case you didn't read the whole thread--I woke up to an empty house, made my food while I drank my coffee and read the paper. And then got my own self off to school. At age seven. In second fucking grade. Most parents won't even let their kids play outside any more. I only saw mine for 45 minutes at dinnertime when we were forced to pretend to be a family.
Gen X raised themselves, and as far as I know that was unique in history. There really are broad generational differences in society. If your parents tried to raise you the way mine did me, DYFUS would have taken you from them.
@Uair@autistics.life @ShadowJonathan
I also had a terrible life 30 years ago and even back then I experienced every generation shitting on each other and what I learned, no matter what events shaped them, is that every generation was equally stupid in their own rights. Don't use your own trauma as an excuse to talk shit about a whole group of people. Many of us went trough shit of our own. It's not a contest about who had the most fucked up life or most hours in therapy. -
@ShadowJonathan
The only thing worse than bad attention is no attention at all. (somebody once said).
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@ShadowJonathan I have literally stopped watching youtube outright for a few days whenever their ads started getting through ublock and I couldn't find a way to bypass it in a couple of minutes.
I checked back a week later and it was back to normal. But I will absolutely stop using your service rather than be advertised to.
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@ShadowJonathan you can eliminate almost all of them with some effort but it really annoys me that you can't do anything about the ones in the bus (stops) and the train (stations), apart from moving
which means either to a cool place like Skåne that has actively taken action to prevent advertising in public spaces; or to the middle of nowhere where advertising is not profitable, like in rural Scotland where bus stops are just cute wee wooden shelters and billboards are a foreign concept
And for most ppl neither is really an option:/
@helenaisvibing@tech.lgbt @ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt that's when you get some slaps and cover up the ads
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@ShadowJonathan whenever companies call my personal cell phone for a cold call they go in my email discard filter for eternity
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@ShadowJonathan big same.
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@ShadowJonathan Thanks for posting this image from @dragongirlteeth. Reflects with uncanny accuracy my own attitude about advertising. (Especially ads that move or make noise.) I haven't yet gone so far as moving to Tristan da Cunha to avoid ads, but with multiple ad-blockers, blinders, and a bit /etc/hosts denial file I'm doing pretty well these days. I can't even imagine how people function on the internet without blockers.
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@ShadowJonathan advertising is spiritual warfare and i will always treat it like what it is
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always remember, the ads just have to play when your favorite podcasts/creators have an ad read. you can mute that shit. go to second screen. alt + tab it and read a wiki article for 2.5 minutes. everyone wins, except the advertisers, and that's what's really important.
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@melioristicmarie, that image looked right – until I started properly reading it, which led to me noticing that its creator has used “everyday” instead of “every day”.
I have something of an allergy to errors like that.
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@ShadowJonathan Me too. I hate advertising. Somehow its just not very helpful
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@ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt If there was a possibility to punish every person responsible for an ad stealing my screen estate, computing power, time, and attention with an equally intrusive rickroll on their end every single time one of their abominations shows up, I would.
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this post embodies my allergic reaction to ads tbh
@ShadowJonathan finally installed a browser with adblock on my moms phone these holidays. i hope she will use it -
@OvertonDoors @redsad i just don't give ads that level of respect, I only listen or watch things without ads or I just won't watch them
I don't even dignify ads with my alertness to silence them, they can just fuck off with the medium they've infected and grabbed, it's become worthless to me the moment that medium got unskippable ads
@ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad I've basically stopped watching TV and listening to the radio, because these days it feels like there's 5 minutes of ads for each 5 minutes of content.
I get the important news the next day, at work. If it's important enough, people will be talking about it.
I only watch video and listen to music from sources that either have no ads by default (AKA my NAS), or where I can adblock them to oblivion.
And that same adblock is permanently turned on network-wide for all sites, it's IMO the only sane way to be online.
If it's an unskippable ad or a "we'll only let you see this if you pay is or let us track you" site, guess what, the information you're carrying is always available elsewhere.
You do NOT have a say on how I consume content, or what I'm exposed to when I consume it.
The more people realize that, the faster we'll get a better Internet for everyone.
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@ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad I've basically stopped watching TV and listening to the radio, because these days it feels like there's 5 minutes of ads for each 5 minutes of content.
I get the important news the next day, at work. If it's important enough, people will be talking about it.
I only watch video and listen to music from sources that either have no ads by default (AKA my NAS), or where I can adblock them to oblivion.
And that same adblock is permanently turned on network-wide for all sites, it's IMO the only sane way to be online.
If it's an unskippable ad or a "we'll only let you see this if you pay is or let us track you" site, guess what, the information you're carrying is always available elsewhere.
You do NOT have a say on how I consume content, or what I'm exposed to when I consume it.
The more people realize that, the faster we'll get a better Internet for everyone.
@ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad Oh, and even on YT, you can bet I run SponsorBlock turned to the max settings on all channels.
Again, you do not get to dictate what I view, **I** do. And while you're at it, keep the interaction reminders to yourself, as well as self-plugs and gargantuan intros and endings.
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@melioristicmarie, that image looked right – until I started properly reading it, which led to me noticing that its creator has used “everyday” instead of “every day”.
I have something of an allergy to errors like that.
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@ShadowJonathan If you're able to use a soldering iron, may I suggest: https://www.instructables.com/4-DIY-TV-B-Gone/
Will cost you about $5 (maybe $20 in Trumpland) and it will stop advertisements, FOX news and other lie machines in most public spaces.
Of course, this administration will also probably have me declared a terrorist for spreading this information.
