Comment on YouTube blocks adblockers; will this be their downfall? [Louis Rossmann, 9:32]

jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Stabbitha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I always thought of it as stealing

  What about companies stealing my time forcing me to watch ads for goods and services I have no interest in?

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  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    True!

    Time and energy wasted on ads, it is too damn high!

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  • kalkulat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For years they all claimed “oh, we have to snoop unto you because we get to learn what you like and don’t like, and then we can show you ads for things you might value.”

    Has anyone, anywhere, found a way to make ads more attractive to the individual viewer? NOPE. If they had, they’d have been demonstrating it. Was I ever more likely to buy something because of an ad on TV? Did I ever wonder where the yellow went? Never. I comparison-shopped to get the best value for the dollar.

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