• Blimp7990@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Stop accepting ads in your life, ffs. What is it with people and steadfastly refusing to install an adblock? Are you stupid?

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      1 year ago

      They either don’t know adblock exists or are listening to YouTubers like Linus, who claim that blocking ads on their videos is “stealing”

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        1 year ago

        cmon, pretty sure Linus says that it is basically equivelent to piracy (and hes right) while also freely admitting his use of ublock and saying youre free to use it. Let’s not defame others by quoting them out of context.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t care. I’m not worried about it. It’s not that important. I’m not refusing, I’m just not giving two fucks about it. Why are you so militant about people doing the same thing as you do?

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      1 year ago

      The more ubiquitous ad blockers are, the more incentive companies have to pour resources into the “problem”. I’m really not sure what the endgame is of calling out why every user doesn’t have ad blockers on. The more we push on it, the harder it is to block ads. Honestly, in 2023 if someone allows ads in their spaces, let them. But I’d rather continue with what we have than push all users to something. I say this as a sports fan who knows all too well what happens to streams once they get too popular. I’ve gone through countless quality streamers that haven’t survived once word of mouth got out. Ad blocking will go the same way if it grows in popularity