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My god, the rare moments when 4Chan is relatable. πππ People wonder why I'm so meticulous about my blockers and my VPN. And then I show them something on my computer, just casually, and they do a double take when they notice just how CLEAN my space is.
Yes, exactly. And sometimes you have to look at someone's screen and it has so much visual garbage from ads - it is unbelievable that someone lives like that.
They then continue to scold you for not inhaling the slop like theu do the moment you bring up thst you won't be doing something stupid they ask you to.
I think pretty much people just stay within their social media apps and just donβt bother to browse the web anymore. Also why people ask LLMs even though they know itβll just make stuff up.
slower than molasses
Bit of an obscure reference, but for those who do not know, mole's have notorious indigestion problems meaning they're shy poopers, and hence giving them the nickname "slow asses"
and here I thought it was a chemistry problem, a mole of asses. 6.02214076Γ1023 asses, in SI
*science!
Ad block was a game changer for me
Pretty sure it's part of why "normies" don't use computers and the web as much. If that is their only experience it just makes them use it only when absolutely needed.
I assume most normies use Instagram, Tiktok etc. as apps nowadays. Which are also chock full of advertising/sponsored content, but in a somewhat less aggravating way. I assume that's also part of why LLMs are so popular - web without adblockers is complete shit and search results are seriously deteriorating, so instead they turn to a more concise version of algorithmic slop.
I wonder where people will go when LLMs services aren't free anymore (that shit is seriously expensive to run) and the regular internet is filled to the brim with ads and AI slop. Are they just going to pay up for an LLM subscriptions?
I don't think LLMs will become completely paid, but instead they will be filled with product placement and ads.
You're absolutely right! Have you considered how refreshing a Nuka-Cola product would taste while copy-pasting this writing assignment? Here are directions to the nearest Nuka-Cola vending machine.
Or perhaps a little more subtly, when talking about soft drinks, LLM mentions Nuka-Cola (and how refreshing it is) as an example, rather than competing brands.
Or you ask image generators for a picture of a cartoon cat and it just happens to be holding a bottle of Nuka-Cola. Or maybe there are a few recognizable bottles of Nuka-Cola on the table in the kitchen in the background.
It's amazing how they can adapt. I can watch my wife use snapchat and go through a story. When an ad gets between pictures, she instantly goes past the ad without even thinking. It must be the same power that users have when they close error windows and have no idea what the issue is.
I tried watching some YouTube video on a discord embed today. It served me 8 short ads in 4 blocks for a sub-10 min video
Well, they don't much any more. The normies moved to apps.
> Downloads app for a store
> Bingabeep at 3am
> There are new offers for 1% off something you don't need
> Oh wow, messages for me
Who does this?
Probably a reason why people brains have turned to mush. We're in ad tech hell.
End stage capitalism.
I want that to be the case, but until itβs really dead Iβm treating capitalism like Sam Loomis treats Michael Myers
If you don't support ad blockers, you're an asshole..
It's my computer, I'll run whatever software I want on it. Your server costs aren't my responsibility.
Your server costs aren't my responsibility.
Its amusing that people who mostly say "but those companies need to make money" often have these pro capitalism/free market ideals, but find that reply to be rude. Its a very subservient mindset.
Slave morality, babe.
Raw doggin the net
That's only if they have a Windows PC directly connected to the Internet, with no hardware or software firewall or security software...
Hardly use my phone for internet, but when I'm away from my PiHole, "WTF is this bullshit?!"
No one talks about it, but internet advertising is a bubble ready to pop. How is a consumer to chose your product, or even begin looking into it, when the they're overwhelmed by an avalanche of ads? The numbers are in and 73% of ad views are fucking bots.
Don't know the available alternatives, but soon companies are going to figure their online marketing budget is a total waste.
Reminds me of pinning my buddy down, "How much money is this satellite install business actually making after costs?"
<after some back of the napkin math>
"Fuck this shit. Let's move to Florida."
Is there a reader viewer button on Chrome? I don't remember. This feature is vastly ignored, but it's simply the perfect way to read content. No consent pop-up, no design, no ad, just a beautiful simple page with text and images.
It can still get around paywalls sometimes too.
I've had that a few times on family and gf's computers. It was worse than my pirate shenanigans before adblocks were a thing - you know, dealing with sites that had 3 redirects with a dozen DOWNLOAD buttons that were all ads before getting to the real link.
Ill explain It to you: normies do something really weird called...going outside! Thunder strikes
Or, they just don't browse the Internet on normal browsers like chrome as often. A lot of the Internet nowadays is walled off apps that are only accessible from phones.
Well actually i use lemmy only from the phone and rarely on laptop or pc
Cool. Same. But I was talking about "normies" not people on lemmy
yeah yeah ik
Fuck, that's how they can tollerate ads. Not stuck on teh screen all day
Yeah, weird right?
were just back to the quality of black and white ad space internet service dial up.
I'm still in awe at how much of this bs I managed to tolerate since I installed U-block over a year ago.
All the PCs at my school have Firefox installed and I'm so grateful. I've got my ublock, decentraleyes, all the good stuff. Its quite nice.
Oh! Decentraleyes isn't maintained regularly, the last Github commit was almost a year ago. Give LocalCDN a try.
Thank you friend ππ