I was promised that surveillance capitalism would mean high quality ads that improved my quality of living. :blessed:
Comment on Why is the internet overflowing with rubbish ads – and what can we do about it?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
Garbage ads have been a thing almost since the dawn of the Internet and we found a solution to them years ago. They’re called ad blockers.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 months ago
kennebel@lemmy.world 3 months ago
When I can’t block the ads, I always opt for the “non-personalized ads” option, since I know they are getting paid less.
theherk@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Garbage ads predate the internet.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Eloquently/elegantly put
Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 months ago
The article did mention ad-blockers:
I think you underestimate how technologically illiterate the average person is. Many people do not even understand the difference between a web browser and a search engine - they use Chrome because they think that’s the only way to perform a Google search.
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ew. Speaking technological illiteracy, the author is irresponsibly contributing to it by insinuating that subscription fee ad blockers are somehow inherently better than free ones, which is not only absolute bullshit but also pretty much anti-Free Software propaganda.
scarabic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My kids are not what I’d call tech illiterate but they are growing up with all of it taken for granted. They don’t really understand the terms “internet” as distinct from “website” as distinct from “your phone.” It’s just kind of all “on your phone” to them.