Study claims more than half of Americans use ad blockers
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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
    55·
    1 year ago

    I used to not run an ad block. I figured the ads didn’t bother me so why bother?

    Then I encountered a banner ad that screamed “HELLOOOOOOOOOO” anytime the mouse went over it and I couldn’t download an ad blocker fast enough.

    Advertising companies will do anything they can to annoy the shit out of you, then act like people running ad blockers are the problem.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      I was fine with unobtrusive ads, I was fine with a minute of ads before a YouTube video. But it got so bad it was constantly interrupting everything. Also want to know what’s extremely unpleasant? Political ads calling for a moral panic against you or taking bigotry against you as a general assumption. I’m not watching that bullshit. My life is better without ads

    • Specal@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      I once watched a 60 minute ad because I wondered (what would a 60min ad even be about) and I can’t remember

      • Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        That shitty Epoch Times used to do that. I was watching a bunch of satire videos and one of their commercials was on, and I legitimately thought it was part of the skit because of how stupid it was.

        Then it hit me it is a real ad. And real people are watching it. And that’s how I got radicalized even more.