Comment by fransje26

3 days ago

> Anyone else notice that most youtube ads are really bad.

Claiming that (youtube) ads are bad is a tautology at this point. What else can be expected from something competing for what is left of a user's attention at the very lowest end of a market already overflooded with crud?

The question should rather be: why would one voluntarily let one's well-being be polluted by such invasive, parasitic crap.

There is nothing normal about ads everywhere. There is nothing healthy about ads everywhere. Ads are not an inevitability.

Run an ad-blocker, protect your mental sanity.

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crote  3 days ago

Now we just need someone to build AR glasses with real-world adblocking...

  • array_key_first  3 days ago

    Ahh, but once you get neurolink and the ads are injected directly into your subconscious mind what happens then?

    I propose a new natural law: every medium that can carry advertisements, will.

    Exhibit A: gasoline pumps. Why do those have ads? I'm already paying for gas. And I can't even run away.

  • gambiting  3 days ago

    I mean, it can be done with legislation too. Poland where I'm from used to be absolutely plastered with giant bilboards everywhere you looked, you literally couldn't go anywhere without seeing some ad in your perhipheral vision. But recently a new law was passed that banned all advertising in public spaces unless it's literally a banner above your store, and we suddenly got our public spaces back. It's almost weird not seeing ads on every tree and every 10 meters by the side of the road.