I’ve been cutting every piece of software that shows me ads out of my life. I basically just have Lemmy and streaming services now. It’s pretty great, but now if I’m somewhere and I see or hear an ad I get extremely annoyed.
The lemmy post about them feeling gross was relatable. Like everyone’s so fake enjoying [product] and you’re just watching asking "how does this convince anyone to buy [product]
Doesn’t everyone feel this way about ads? I don’t feel like the advert algorithms ever get a good lock on me. On the few occasions I’ve gotten adverts it has been for things like “Visit the UAE” or “Visit Dubai” and a lot of pregnancy and feminine hygiene related stuff.
I’m a gay man. Pretty sure I’d get stoned to death in Dubai/UAE, and pregnancy is just not on the menu for me.
Yup, they never figured me out either… Ads are annoying and stupid and thinking about how much resources are poured into them and how much everyone’s time is wasted makes me angry.
I don’t remember the last time I ever saw an ad but I’m pretty sure if I got one it would be completely unrelated as well. I got way too many different personas on the interwebs. I don’t even know anymore which one is real.
This is me with those stupid “Dude relaaaaaaaxxxx” ads for Hello Fresh. I watch them, oddly mesmerized by how bad they are. Also some of the things they show are literally 3 ingredients (potatoes, cheese, pepper for smashed potatoes).
To their credit, they’ve stopped claiming they’re cheaper than groceries
This thread is so wild, I haven’t seen ads in so long (unless you count ads disguised as organic posts.)
I don’t know any of these things. Everyone needs a PiHole.
I have it, unfortunately it does not seem to block Snapchat ads. Or maybe it does and I just haven’t noticed? A lot of the time I’m using Snapchat out of the house, I haven’t bothered to set up an exit note for tail scale yet (Even worse, tell scale is still broken for me on Android)
I don’t think it can block Snapchat or YouTube ads :c
Ublock works a dream on YT, but I don’t use Snapchat so I don’t have a solution for that.
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i love sports so unfortunately it’s being injected into my eyeballs every game everywhere
Yeah, I’ve noticed it’s gotten really bad. I’m not a sports fan myself, but I’ve tried watching NFL with my brother, and it’s borderline unwatchable due to the sheer amount of ads.
I basically just have Lenny and
streaming servicespiracy nowFTFY
Bruh it’s seriously starting to look like that’s how I’m gonna do shit from now on. Streaming services are getting enshittified like crazy.
Even getting ads about something I talked about is bad enough.
That’s also the reason I regulary scream “hookers and cocaine” into my phone.
I scream hookers and cocaine into my phone too, but it’s usually because I’m ordering hookers and cocaine.
That’s good. Someone’s gotta keep those CIA honeypot workers employed.
A man of culture
When the hands are preoccupied…
I just visualize someone stopping in the middle of a crowd and shouting into their phone, and then walking along as if yelling “hooked and cocaine” for no apparent reason is normal
firefox + ublock origin
youre welcome
I’ve been using ad nauseum, not only does it block ads, it clicks them all in the background so you send bunk data to the ad companies and cost them money for each ad clicked, it’s fractions of pennies each time but it’ll add up.
Really? Didn’t know it also clicked them, excellent. It also keeps the ad machine spinning, because somebody is clicking on them - that must mean they work, no?
This is what I have lol
It’s why the ads knowing anything is scary
you get ads for something you dreamt about
You get ads directly in your dreams…
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How is “you get ads about something you talked about” 🙂 ?
This should be “you get ads about something you talked about”:
“You get ads about something you thought about”:
So that’s what it will be like when everyone has brain implants. No thank you.
That’s when you get the ads in your dreams.
Imagine they can just adjust the price, if they think you’re willing to pay more or wealthy
Excuse me, may I target you with some ads about a movie? I heard it’s got some pretty good reviews!
Advertisement shit[post]s in your head. Avoid.
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I’d have to stop thinking first.
