Orange Gentleman
Winter Jo 
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this post embodies my allergic reaction to ads tbh
Steffo@ShadowJonathan pretty much same as mine
nyette 
It does not already have ads? 
Helena@ShadowJonathan you can eliminate almost all of them with some effort but it really annoys me that you can't do anything about the ones in the bus (stops) and the train (stations), apart from moving
which means either to a cool place like Skåne that has actively taken action to prevent advertising in public spaces; or to the middle of nowhere where advertising is not profitable, like in rural Scotland where bus stops are just cute wee wooden shelters and billboards are a foreign concept
And for most ppl neither is really an option:/
Kevin Granade@helenaisvibing @ShadowJonathan Spray. Paint.
groxx
vampirdaddy@groxx @kevingranade @helenaisvibing @ShadowJonathan
They are lucky that noone thought of construction foam there yet…
kasdeya
wakingrufus@ShadowJonathan
Imagine using the web with no ad blocker... I know some people who do this and I just can't understand it. I had to do it once recently and I almost threw my computer across the room.
Imagine using the web with no ad blocker... I know some people who do this and I just can't understand it. I had to do it once recently and I almost threw my computer across the room.
Adam Trickett 
@wakingrufus @ShadowJonathan more than a decade ago that was always my experience at corporate training courses where the browsers were plain IE or Chrome if you were lucky.
I dread to think what it's like today for most people who don't install an ad blocker by default.
I'm old enough to remember using Netscape before you needed an adblocker...
@ShadowJonathan
It's literally unusable. Single websites will consume enough resources to slow down your whole machine.
Graham C@wakingrufus @ShadowJonathan my work computer has no adblocking. I'm a teacher and use YouTube regularly. Have to wait 6-30 seconds to show students relevant content. I try and load it up at the start of the day but that relies on no computer issues. I want to punch the screen in every time and my students don't understand it because they have been seeing ads in everything since their eyes started working.
Nina Felwitch 
@wakingrufus @ShadowJonathan Some of my co workers don't use an adblocker. How can they live like this?
Mad Argon 
@wakingrufus @ShadowJonathan so sudden urge to throw computer is normal, I guess...
One day I had freshly reinstalled Firefox, without any plugins yet. And friend sent me YT links on chat. Damn...
One day I had freshly reinstalled Firefox, without any plugins yet. And friend sent me YT links on chat. Damn...
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@ShadowJonathan jo is taking sponsorships from ublock origin now 😔
1a (awawawawawa)@ShadowJonathan not many people live fully consciously
Lukyan@ShadowJonathan Same. My usual reaction to ads is more like Gandalf covering the palantír.
captain acab 
@ShadowJonathan wait not everyone cusses out their TV when the ads come on?
Radomír Žemlička@redsad @ShadowJonathan Not watching TV really helps in this regard. 😁 And uBlock Origin for the web.
Orange Lantern 
@redsad @ShadowJonathan I stopped watching TV years ago because of ads (also because TV programs are shit). The TV in this house is for games and streaming and that’s pretty much it.
❣️u.s. pause federal tax remittances
lp0 on fire 
@melioristicmarie, that image looked right – until I started properly reading it, which led to me noticing that its creator has used “everyday” instead of “every day”.
I have something of an allergy to errors like that. 😬
mtc_uk@lp0_on_fire @melioristicmarie
I know. It’s so annoying that people don’t seem to understand the distinction.
I know. It’s so annoying that people don’t seem to understand the distinction.
Strider Uwe 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽@lp0_on_fire @melioristicmarie I was most annoyed by the hyphenation of "however" as "ho-wever" rather than "how-ever". Oh well, the overall message is right...
Natsura 
@ShadowJonathan i do all of the same things ngl
miket330@ShadowJonathan yes, and streaming is the worst. They run the same ads on a loop all evening ...and I do what you do :>)
Ari [APz] Sovijärvi@ShadowJonathan I guess I'm doing it right, when the advertisers are already actively attacking all the ways I avoid watching the ads, including attempts at blocking ad blockers or just trying to win me over with sad pleas.
bananas_pizza@ShadowJonathan sponsorblock and ublock is my answer to ads
@ShadowJonathan It it also a sign that the product is overpriced as you (the customer) have to pay not only the manufacturing costs and the salary of the seller but also all the marketing expenses you never asked for
Bjarne
advertisements 
sb arms & legs@ShadowJonathan
I've never identified so closely to a character from a book as I have with Case Pollard of William Gibson's Pattern Recognition - a character defined by her "allergy" to advertising.
I've never identified so closely to a character from a book as I have with Case Pollard of William Gibson's Pattern Recognition - a character defined by her "allergy" to advertising.
emon@ShadowJonathan sounds like me 😁
Jef Verbeeck@ShadowJonathan My hate is real! And in the digital world, I can be stubborn and choose not to watch Youtube or visit websites. Or indeed: mute audio instantly.
But avoiding advertisements IRL? Pretty hard!
But avoiding advertisements IRL? Pretty hard!
DJGummikuh@ShadowJonathan If I cannot suppress the ads, I do not use the service, plain and simple.
Hep Cat@DJGummikuh @ShadowJonathan @falcennial sites that popup ads stating that they are unable to display ads are most infuriating
Panic at the Trishco 🕊️@heppycat @DJGummikuh @ShadowJonathan @falcennial
I have my blocker set to only block Tracking, so those pop ups are especially annoying.
I have my blocker set to only block Tracking, so those pop ups are especially annoying.
Scott the F is implicit Baxter@DJGummikuh @ShadowJonathan Sometimes, I pay the fee. Sometimes, I torrent.
ideaPDish@ShadowJonathan
The only thing worse than bad attention is no attention at all. (somebody once said).
Those ad companies really have boundry issues.
The only thing worse than bad attention is no attention at all. (somebody once said).
Those ad companies really have boundry issues.
Andrew Zonenberg@ShadowJonathan I have literally stopped watching youtube outright for a few days whenever their ads started getting through ublock and I couldn't find a way to bypass it in a couple of minutes.
I checked back a week later and it was back to normal. But I will absolutely stop using your service rather than be advertised to.
Pat@azonenberg @ShadowJonathan I stopped watching TV on any/every platform decades ago. My life is rich and rewarding without TV. Plus I have time galore to read books .
Que@ShadowJonathan whenever companies call my personal cell phone for a cold call they go in my email discard filter for eternity
Dreaming of dad jazz.
SmashedRatOnPress@ShadowJonathan Thanks for posting this image from @dragongirlteeth. Reflects with uncanny accuracy my own attitude about advertising. (Especially ads that move or make noise.) I haven't yet gone so far as moving to Tristan da Cunha to avoid ads, but with multiple ad-blockers, blinders, and a bit /etc/hosts denial file I'm doing pretty well these days. I can't even imagine how people function on the internet without blockers.
#noads
#noads
the gripe ibis@ShadowJonathan they listen to commercial radio at work and i simply don't understand. i will play music out of the tinny speakers of the hp pro mini that my station runs through, before i listen to commercial radio.
🥀 a doe and her crow 🌑@ShadowJonathan advertising is spiritual warfare and i will always treat it like what it is
maxelcat@ShadowJonathan Me too. I hate advertising. Somehow its just not very helpful
That Frisian Girl-ish@ShadowJonathan If there was a possibility to punish every person responsible for an ad stealing my screen estate, computing power, time, and attention with an equally intrusive rickroll on their end every single time one of their abominations shows up, I would.
obscurestar@ShadowJonathan If you're able to use a soldering iron, may I suggest: https://www.instructables.com/4-DIY-TV-B-Gone/
Will cost you about $5 (maybe $20 in Trumpland) and it will stop advertisements, FOX news and other lie machines in most public spaces.
Of course, this administration will also probably have me declared a terrorist for spreading this information.
Steve Leach@ShadowJonathan I'll add to that: If I wind up hearing your ad and actually notice and remember the name of your product or service, I will boycott your company for the rest of my life.
I don't encounter ads much these days, but still will *never* buy any "name brand" I remember commercials for when I was a kid.
I'll go out of my way to buy "generic" products in order not to reward advertising and brand promotion.
Ellie (please install drivers)@ShadowJonathan I will spend the equivalent of your ad's runtime skipping back and forth to find the exact moment it ends
this isn't even about saving time for me
this isn't even about saving time for me
Mieszko Ślusarczyk@ShadowJonathan I’m just using ad blocking all the time. If it breaks browsing I’ll disable it temporarily of if I care enough, or close the tab if I don’t. If it still doesn’t work properly (the site is so covered with crap, that it’s useless), I’ll close it too. I am not watching YT directly- only through Invidious.
Liberty and Justice For AllI talked to a friend who always clicks the sponsored link, specifically to cost the company buying the advertising money.
I never click the link to cost the advertising company money.
It made me laugh that there are two types of people
antifa supersoldier@ShadowJonathan Just gonna leave this here.
Vee@delve @ShadowJonathan 💓💓💓💓💓 this thing saved me when YT got crazy and blocked all the ad blockers. Somehow these guys got around it!