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I've been blocking ads for so long that actually seeing them feels perverse (leminal.space)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I stopped over at my parents' house a few weeks back for a get-together and the TV was on. I nearly felt physically ill at the amount of ads- at one point I saw an overlay ad on top of an actual "commercial" ad. The program that was on was definitely less run time than the adverts that ran in-between short sections of the program.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Did you know that most people won't notice a ~2% increase in the play speed of shows, and that by doing so you can squeeze in an extra 30 seconds of ad time into a 30 minute block?

Because TV companies know this. Many of them do exactly that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Some of them push it all the way to 5-10% and it kills the pacing of the dialogue and writing. But hey more ads more money I guess

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Me on my way to speedrun my telenovela
American Psycho walk

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'd heard that somewhere. shiver Normies who watch TV scare me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've heard that actual football action is about 11 minutes. And yet football broadcasts lasts hours.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FOOSBALL IS THE DEVIL

and really, REALLY boring