I wonder, is hatred of advertising a common thing for folks with ADHD? They take away something you are giving your attention to because it interests you, and shove some other crap in your face just so serve their own interests.
I remember being enraged at the scheduled commercial breaks in the '80s and '90s. The only benefit they had was that I always knew which segment of the show I was in and therefore right what time it was.
But now? It is so much damn worse and the normies just seem more OK with it than ever. in just remind myself they are living in a society that conditions them to accept it and gives them a thousand more serious things to worry about.
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Let’s be honest: The internet without adblock is unusable. I really do not know how all those people without adblock are doing that.
Dasnap@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I see people who put zero effort into ad-blocking in a similar light as people who don’t leave shitty partners. At some point they manage to convince themselves that it’s not a problem.
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget that most people don’t know that blocking ads is possible. To most people, their browser is on an appliance, like a washing machine or fridge. They know how to do the basics, but that’s about it.
ftbd@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Or who do so little cleaning at home that their appartment becomes almost unusable or outright dangerous to live in
dukemirage@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Similar light? Go get some fresh air. It’s just a bunch of ads, the worst are avoidable if you don’t visit clickbait sites.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No seriously though. Was using managers laptop very briefly, and needed to look up some instructions. No adblock, Google Chrome default browser, etc. The websites were almost unreadable. Giant video ads in top and bottom corners, big thick flashing distracting ads on all sides making the readable area a little bigger than a postage stamp. Genuinely how do people browse the Internet like this?
IronBird@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
something something when all you know is the farm
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kinda reminds my of my 2010 Toshiba laptop touchpad. The pad was probably 2 inches wide and 1.6 inches tall, and it had special “quick zones” setup in each corner, and then scroll zones on the bottom and right side, and then “back” and “forward” zones at the top, and a window switch zone on the left. When you subtracted all the “reserved” space on the touchpad, the actual useable area was slightly larger than the top of my thumb… And gestures and tap to click was on be default. I don’t know who tested that and was like “yeah, that’s useable” but seriously, WTF dude.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s genuinely insufferable. I have plenty of ad block on my pc but little on my phone. When I’m doing stuff on my phone it’s sometimes impossible to navigate certain news sites or watch videos because of all the fucking ads.
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
If you have Android, you can install Firefox and use uBlock Origin there. It’s awesome :)
Engywuck@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
AdGuard works well,l on Android, as well as Vivaldi or Brave with their in-built adblockers.
garretble@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I use NextDNS for my phone (pihole in my house) as the service can block ads on any device. I think I pay $20/y for it, and that’s worth it to me.
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There are a couple of VPNs with built-in DNS blocking for advertisements. Athena is a solution that uses your phone’s VPN functionality to route traffic served from known ad networks into a digital brick wall like Roadrunner baiting Wile E. Coyote into a painted tunnel.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Seconding Ad Guard and Firefox with uBlock origin, that’s what I use and I see minimal ads unless ad guard isn’t running
murmelade@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
What browser/OS? There are many options on mobile, from extensions to system wide DNS blocking.
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
well that’s why most people use apps instead. the real internet is so hostile without a guide.
especially now that you can’t use the mainstream browsers and do it. the barrier to entry has gotten so high that i don’t blame kids for being put off by computers and prefering their phones for everything.
it reminds me of trying to learn about cars growing up. i didn’t learn about cars growing up. i tried, but everyone i tried to learn from spent the whole time complaining about all the anticonsumer practices that made cars shitty these days. all the hoops you have to jump through to work on them yourself anymore. how the manufactures went out of their way over the course of years to take what used to be a fun tinkerers hobby for the everyman and made it incredibly difficult and expensive to do yourself.
my take away was “I hate cars”. so when i hear teenagers these days say that they hate computers i get it. they fucking suck now and there’s this 8 foot fence of knowing how to make them suck less before they can even start wanting to learn about them. but it’s going to take them a very very long time to get good enough with the computer that they can accomplish anything on it better than on their phone. so we have trucks full of ladders that can scale that fence, and even if we lose our fences we know how to scale that fence barehanded if we gotta. but the kids just walk around the fence because they don’t value what’s inside. why would they?
so I’m just waiting for the old pc based intent to slowly wither away as we age with it… places like this becoming out last bastions in a world that requires validated apps on phones.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do people mostly use apps instead? I don’t really get that perception, but also everyone in my family basically hates tiktok, facebook, instagram, twitter and other social media sites on principle. My apps are basically 2FAs, email, chats, and tools, but the vast majority of my time on my phone is in Firefox.
klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 2 weeks ago
It… Really, really is. I remember using Fandom on mobile being so bad I set up an auto redirect to breezewiki, and that was with adblockers. Now that I have DNS-wide adblocking on, when I accidentally click a Fandom link it’s pleasantly surprising how well that’s working.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Some sites, particularly ones that serve up questionable things like torrents or roms, are horrible without ad blockers.
mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think people are using the world wide web less now and much differently. Most people don’t browse websites like going to ESPN.com or newgrounds or something. Problem use apps now and only a select few for that matter.
My wife can’t even find her safari browser in her iPhone which she’s glued to most of the day. For her is 90% email and 10% tiktok.