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Tried to support the industry by buying a movie a watch a lot. Well, no more. If I need a pihole just to watch a movie I own, that's ridiculous.

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[–] [email protected] 200 points 1 week ago (11 children)

"It also enables the delivery of advertising content"

They already paid for the product! Double-dipping assholes

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I wonder if these people think everyone wants to be advertised to.

[–] natecox 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, I am 100% certain they know that the vast majority of people don’t care and some people really really hate it, but nobody actually enjoys it.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Someone I know who is currently on a pseudoscience and conspiracy theory arc genuinely believes that personalized ads are good because then you can easily buy things you know you'll like

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

I've bought things from personalized ads before. But mostly they're annoying. And creepy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

spoileraskldjfals;jflsad;

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

sadly, i too heard that from somebody 🤷

[–] natecox 6 points 1 week ago

Guess there’s no accounting for stupid.

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

Some people are allergic to researching their purchases

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