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Ah, now this is an interesting question. I can certainly see an argument that ads are necessary to support “free” content

I understand the need for ads, but having lived through popups, bonzi buddy and “punch the monkey”, advertisers blew any chance of me not using an ad-blocker.

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Eggyhead@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Ads don’t bother me as much as their invasiveness. I block ads because…

if a business is dirty enough to resort to interference with popups to get attention, I’m not spending money there. Period.

I don’t want to support mass surveillance perpetrated by the industry.

Give me simple tech ads on tech sites, grocery ads on store fronts, travel ads on travel articles, etc.
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- ard@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  i would be fine with a 5 second brand mention, like “this youtube video is paid for by SoapTM”, quietly. And I’d probably think “thanks.” But it’s like they’re trying to overtake the content. Like you can’t enjoy your show because they’re worried you’re not thinking about their brand for the largest possible % of time.
  
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TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE WON A FREE APPLE IPOD

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