I don’t run Adblock because I hate brands, I use it because the internet is more invasive by the day.
If one day I go to put on my shirt and another company sewed their logo over the neck hole, well then we’ll have a similar issue.
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I use it because that increasing invasiveness really messes with my ADHD. Ads make me spend extra energy and concentration to filter to what I want (and I won't buy their crap anyway).
Adblock lol
(If you are still using Adblock, I beg you, switch to ublock origin. Adblock takes money from advertisers to not block their shit.)
I read the comic as referring to adblocking software as opposed to any specific extension. I can't pinpoint what gives me that idea though so who knows
That's weird because it's both the icon of the app, and the exact name.
Yeah but nobody uses that one anymore and its become kind of an archetypal thing.
Maybe that's the point of the comic. He only uses the popular brands.
...oh shit, was this an ad for adblock?
One's an active decision and one is forced upon them. They are not the same.
Fair point.
Though counterpoint: if someone is willing to spend $3000+ on an apple computer and cool swag. The ads already worked.
However, if the Q/A on your product is so bad, that someone who spends $3000+ would rather install an ad-block to get rid of that experience, maybe the quality assurance on those ads or products aren't as good as people think.
Blocking ads is your duty and obligation. It is my honor to make sure every cent these companies spend on it is wasted. Stay Blocking my friends.
i install ublock origin on every computer i can get away with.
Hmm, whether PPC or PPI (pay per click / impression), I don’t believe advertisers are spending anything on you. I believe it’s whoever is paying the web host who’s losing, and it’s potential revenue instead of an expenditure.
Certain ad blockers click ads for you. Assuming these clicks aren't registered as coming from a bot (a big assumption, I know), then those clicks should count as interactions on the ads.
I hate buying any clothing with a brand name visible, but for certain types of item like sports clothes it’s almost impossible.
I'd rather choose my own poison than having them shoved in my face with auto play audio when I'm looking for porns. Thank you.
wow plural, you must be good!
He's good son, real good! Maybe even the best.
Honestly, I'm not against ads, I understand that a site with free articles needs to pay the bills somehow. The reason I use ad block is that online ads have become so intrusive that it makes websites unusable, and the way they track you is way over the line. If ads didn't completely destroy the experience of reading a website and were reasonable in the data they collected I probably wouldn't bother with ad block.
I had a family member like this... They'd go off about how awful capitalism is, and the shit that goes with it (to which I'd generally agree) but have a house full of google home devices, brag about how much they buy on amazon, and simp for the giant megacorp for which they worked a retail job...
It woulda been funny if it wasn't so sad.
Let's never forget that it is ok to criticize a system you're part of.
It sure is. Unfair examples would include:
- yet he buys groceries!
- yet he drives to work!
- yet he is complicit in the slave trade via rare earth metals in his phone!
I did think a house full of smart speakers from the advertising behemoth is a kinda funny example though - what do you think?
Ha! I finally have the right place to brag about my anti logo wearing lifestyle!
Regardless of anti-corporatism sentiments, it's just good fashion sense anyway.