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[nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt]

@ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad I've basically stopped watching TV and listening to the radio, because these days it feels like there's 5 minutes of ads for each 5 minutes of content.

I get the important news the next day, at work. If it's important enough, people will be talking about it.

I only watch video and listen to music from sources that either have no ads by default (AKA my NAS), or where I can adblock them to oblivion.

And that same adblock is permanently turned on network-wide for all sites, it's IMO the only sane way to be online.

If it's an unskippable ad or a "we'll only let you see this if you pay is or let us track you" site, guess what, the information you're carrying is always available elsewhere.

You do NOT have a say on how I consume content, or what I'm exposed to when I consume it.

The more people realize that, the faster we'll get a better Internet for everyone.

[nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt]

@ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad Oh, and even on YT, you can bet I run SponsorBlock turned to the max settings on all channels.

Again, you do not get to dictate what I view, **I** do. And while you're at it, keep the interaction reminders to yourself, as well as self-plugs and gargantuan intros and endings.

[obscurestar@mastodon.social]

@ShadowJonathan If you're able to use a soldering iron, may I suggest: https://www.instructables.com/4-DIY-TV-B-Gone/

Will cost you about $5 (maybe $20 in Trumpland) and it will stop advertisements, FOX news and other lie machines in most public spaces.

Of course, this administration will also probably have me declared a terrorist for spreading this information.

[wakingrufus@bigshoulders.city]

@ShadowJonathan
Imagine using the web with no ad blocker... I know some people who do this and I just can't understand it. I had to do it once recently and I almost threw my computer across the room.

[beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org]

@ShadowJonathan I rarely buy the products, never actually. I love the marketing strategy of commercials and there are some pretty phenomenal ones out there right now.

[stevenaleach@sigmoid.social]

@ShadowJonathan I'll add to that: If I wind up hearing your ad and actually notice and remember the name of your product or service, I will boycott your company for the rest of my life.

I don't encounter ads much these days, but still will *never* buy any "name brand" I remember commercials for when I was a kid.

I'll go out of my way to buy "generic" products in order not to reward advertising and brand promotion.

[patrascan@ohai.social]

@azonenberg @ShadowJonathan I stopped watching TV on any/every platform decades ago. My life is rich and rewarding without TV. Plus I have time galore to read books .

[stevenaleach@sigmoid.social]

@ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad

Yup. I won't own a TV.

And years back I had a car in which I removed the radio's tuning knob so passengers would quit trying to tune away from NPR.

Of course these days the only ads I *can't* escape are *on* NPR.

[stevenaleach@sigmoid.social]

@nanianmichaels @ShadowJonathan @OvertonDoors @redsad SponsorBlock, last I looked at it, is a disappointment: I don't want to block sponsor messages, I want to block ALL videos that HAVE sponsor messages. SponsorBlock has that information - any video with marked sponsor times - but I can't use it to remove all of those videos from the search results.

[falcennial@mastodon.social]

@ShadowJonathan this is the minimum, standard, default behaviour for anyone faced with non consensual ads or media of any kind.

I dont think anybody exists who does not engage with this appropriately. if there is such a person then I think they will not be here for long.

[roughling@thebleakest.link]

@ShadowJonathan I will spend the equivalent of your ad's runtime skipping back and forth to find the exact moment it ends

this isn't even about saving time for me

[heppycat@mastodon.social]

@DJGummikuh @ShadowJonathan @falcennial sites that popup ads stating that they are unable to display ads are most infuriating

[spitfire@mastodon.social]

@ShadowJonathan I’m just using ad blocking all the time. If it breaks browsing I’ll disable it temporarily of if I care enough, or close the tab if I don’t. If it still doesn’t work properly (the site is so covered with crap, that it’s useless), I’ll close it too. I am not watching YT directly- only through Invidious.

[groxx@hachyderm.io]

@kevingranade @helenaisvibing @ShadowJonathan paperclip to the speaker works pretty well too

[nbanthony2k@mastodo.neoliber.al]

@ShadowJonathan

I talked to a friend who always clicks the sponsored link, specifically to cost the company buying the advertising money.

I never click the link to cost the advertising company money.

It made me laugh that there are two types of people

[delve@deadinsi.de]

@ShadowJonathan Just gonna leave this here.

uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad blocker

uBlock Origin is a free, open-source ad blocker. Block ads on YouTube, Twitch, and across the web with low CPU and memory usage. Available for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and more.

uBlock Origin (ublockorigin.com)

[dannotdaniel@hellions.cloud]

@ShadowJonathan and this is why we're on the fedi

[veroniqueb99@mastodon.social]

@delve @ShadowJonathan this thing saved me when YT got crazy and blocked all the ad blockers. Somehow these guys got around it!

[feliscatusdomesticus@social.vivaldi.net]

@wakingrufus @ShadowJonathan

Imagine using the web with no ad blocker..

most teenagers..

they know no other life..

Apple is nobody's friend here.. at least not their consumers. One of many reasons why I don't buy their products.. ever..

[topofmyvoice@cupoftea.social]

@heppycat @DJGummikuh @ShadowJonathan @falcennial
I have my blocker set to only block Tracking, so those pop ups are especially annoying.