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.

  • YurkshireLad
    10·
    10 months ago

    I gave up trying to get my wife to use anything that blocks ads, and she won’t switch away chrome. When she bakes, she leaves her tablet or phone open, with multiple video ads destroying her battery. Seeing this thing just turns my brain to mush as I don’t see any ads. I don’t know how she puts up with having ten video ads on one page.

      • perishthethought@lemm.ee
        7·
        10 months ago

        And then hear 10,000 times how her web site is broken by the ad blocker, and show her again how to disable it for the 10,000th time. Or is that just my hell?

        • whofearsthenight@lemm.ee
          1·
          10 months ago

          My wife is on board with pretty much all of my shit in this area. That said, do I have exceptions in my pi-hole for a shitty mahjong clone’s ad service? You betcha.

          • grue@lemmy.world
            31·
            10 months ago

            Of all the games infested with ads, your wife is subjecting herself to them for a common-as-Hell type of game that you could get a non-malicious version of from F-droid?!

            That’s just downright stupid.

      • YurkshireLad
        2·
        10 months ago

        I tried that, it seemed to break some sites she used. So she made me remove it. Yet she complains about Facebook and google knowing what she’s browsing 🤦‍♂️

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOP
      3·
      10 months ago

      Is she one of those people who does it to support creators? Or is it just too much effort for her?