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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] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone here is so passionately hating ad's. I haven't felt that upset about ad's since I was a teenager back in like 2004.

I use adblocker for my browser cause I don't want spyware/malware. But watching TV ad's is interesting to me. I keep seeing comments about people being complete idiots who just settled and they just take it from the advertisers...

That couldn't be farther from the truth for someone like me. I enjoy nostalgia a lot. So I got a live tv package with regular cable tv channels and there are ad's. I did this on purpose though. I am not some idiot who has been brainwashed. I just find advertising interesting in general.

Seems like a lot of commenters here would think of me as some kind of monster. Why, I'm not sure. I guess cause ad's are some kind of big bad we all have to fight against?

Someone here mentioned that people work on those ad's and I think that's part of why I enjoy them. Because technically, that's often someone's artwork. I'm in favor of more animated commercials too.

But I get it. Consumerism = bad.

Just feels like more like "no fun allowed"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes, if I'm feeling especially saucy, I'll watch 80s commercial supercuts on youtube for hours.

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

yeah those are always fun to see!

I went to a bar recently that did a 90's trivia night and in between the rounds they showed some retro commercials.