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I offer setting up adblocking to friends and they’re like no im alright thanks WTF.
I had some family members staying with us a few nights. I "warned" them, that my WiFi is using a PiHole and should block (some) ads. Just as a heads up if e.g. an app or a website would act up so that they could report that to me.
They asked me, why anyone would want to block useful ads...
"Why would anyone want to block ads? I will answer that, but first I'm going to tell you about why reverse polish notation is a neat idea for calculators, sorry you can't skip this part, it's only 5 minutes for the first part and then I will talk about Cory Doctorows new book for a few minutes, then I will answer."
What are useful ads? People really weird me out.
People like to be shown relevant products to their interests to facilitate consumption of products. Seriously, these people exist and have told me such.
I mean I get it in principle, but that's not how ads work. And those products that might seem relevant are either cheap crap or induce a artificial desire to own.
"How will I know what I want if I don't see ads?"
the conversions I've had would drive a lesser man insane.
I have a nephew that when asked what he wanted for Christmas one year replied, "I don't know, I'll have ro watch some commercials first"
I use YouTube sometimes with the kids I work with. For like a solid week in November, every single ad was for the new Furby. I mute ads when I can and skip them as soon as the option becomes available, but the ads made me cringe (the new one looks freaky. It's long. Like the original wasn't nightmare-inducing enough.)
I was worried the ad would influence the kid. But thankfully, he showed no interest in it when asked what he wanted for Christmas. In fact when the ads started getting replaced, he made some comment about Furby going bye-bye.
It also helps that he looks up to me, and at some point months ago I started saying, "Boo, ads" whenever they came up. Now he thinks it's funny to boo at commercials. It makes me smile. :)
If you don't know you need it, do you really need it?
Wtf? I'd sooner believe in the Tooth Fairy than the existence of a useful ad.
We are living in Idiocracy.
But it's got ~~electrolytes~~ ads!
😭
People be morons
I remember when adblock was released and you had to manually block ads.
I took great joy in going to ad heavy pages and blocking all ads manually, it was very cathartic.
"Useful" ads?
Awww.... So cute.
...While visions of Tide Pods danced in their heads...
I don't offer. If I have a minute with a computer alone, adblock is going in there.
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