I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don't belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren't installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say "Download this app today". The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I'm used to seeing brief YouTube ads when I cast from my phone, but I was in a hotel recently where the only option was live TV (we were in the back of the hotel and the Chromecast didn't have a good enough antenna to pick up the router), so it was the first time in years I saw full-on commercials. If the movie hadn't been so good- After the Thin Man- I wouldn't have put up with it.

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've actually come to appreciate commercials after cutting Netflix. It's a set time for me to take a little break, and it's out of my hands. (I mute it too, of course.) Otherwise I could just keep watching on and on without a break, and that's not really very good for you.

I have no will power.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

To each their own, I guess. They know you're putting it on mute, by the way. That's why they try to make it as eye-catching as possible.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Appreciating commercials because you have no willpower sounds... fraught, at best.

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