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[–] SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The average Joe or Jane have no idea about ad blocking possibilities. They think ads are just the normal price you pay for surfing the web.

I have even shown people the difference between their browsing experience and mine, and still they can't be arsed to install an ad-blocker.

But then again, they use tiktok and Instagram and all the other brain-numbing shit out there.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They think ads are just ~~the normal price you pay for surfing~~ part of the web

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The average Joe or Jane have no idea about ad blocking possibilities. They think ads are just the normal price you pay for surfing the web.

Actually about a third of all users have an adblocker installed. Adblocking has been mainstream for a while, no doubt why Google finally stopped pretending they were OK with it.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My wife didn't even notice when I turned on the pi-hole. She also told me she thinks there's a virus on her phone.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't put a lot of faith in the intelligence of a woman who would marry a Lemmy user.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Tbf, I wasn't a leemy user when we met. But I agree. She has terrible taste in men.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I personally wouldn't mind ads, if they weren't too obtuse and/or malware ridden.

I often turn off the adblocker for independent news sites, as theirs are less obtuse and are vetted better than just running an AI to detect nudity and/or slurs.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

By all means bring back the banner and side ads that are just one banner and a couple of side ads. Breaking every paragraph up by two more ads is just a miserable experience. Have you tried to look up a recipe lately? Trying to find a recipe without an ad blocker pisses me off and off that I just give up on the recipe. Even though I know it's on the page, between the 5,000 word essay trying to convey their nostalgia for the recipe and the 27 different ads that break that 5,000 word essay into 25 pages, I'd rather DDOS them then get the recipe from them.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Normal price is usually offered before charging it.

[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

They think ads are just the normal price you pay for surfing the web.

Which is great, offsets us who do use adblocks. It would be awful if majority of users would use adblocks.