Just trying to live with as little advertising as possible and curious what tips or tricks the community has aside from moving out to a cabin in the woods.
I can’t really get away from road side advertising for now. Public sporting events are completely infected, and for the ads I am forced to see I try to make a conscious effort not to buy their goods or services. I won’t subscribe to a streaming service if they have a sub+ad tier, if they’re separate free with ads or sub no ads I’ll support it.
Not really for any moral stance, but ad blockers are good at avoiding malware and some services are basically broken if you have to wait for an ad network, and I just feel mentally healthier in general without the extra propaganda.
No TV, radio, highways. Avoid things with ads and seek things without.Take the back way to your local library for free media. No movie theaters, no public transport, no cities, lots of DIY.
When I was in college in 2000 I took a media class. One of the assignments was to spend 24 hours keeping a log of every ad you come across. Physical, digital, didn’t matter. I gave up before noon because I had multiple pages of ads written down.
There’s no escaping them.
Billboards and window ads and stuff like that are the first thing I would try to cover up if AR ever truly takes off. Augment that shit right out of my Reality.