Switched to duckduckgo purely because I wanted to stop giving Google money via searching
Comment on YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker
tinkeringidiot@lemmy.world 7 months ago
These shenanigans have me rapidly transitioning from “I don’t want to see your annoying ads” to “I don’t want you to make any money at all”.
Sheeple@lemmy.world 7 months ago
vermyndax@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m already there, and I’m applying this thinking to every site - including the one hosting this article.
tinkeringidiot@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Same, I view the whole internet through uBlock and a pihole, so my value as an “impression” is virtually zero.
I’m not against for-profit websites making some money (and I run my own website, which generates a whopping $0), but Google has jumped the shark with their sketchy malware bullshit, and I’m starting to root for that organization to die.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
I mean what’s the difference between me not watching ads and me watching ads but still not buying their shit because I don’t need it? I go out of my way to not buy anything I get ads for, so all it does is waste my time. I’m saving the advertisers money because they don’t need to pay for the ads I don’t see.