• pachrist@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I get that ads pay for a free internet. But that doesn’t mean that 60% of my screen needs to be malware to read a local news article.

    Until advertisers act in good faith, I block as much as possible.

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      8 months ago

      Or those scummy click bait ads disguised as related articles? They make my blood boil with how they prey on the vulnerable.

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        8 months ago

        That’s all Google discover is on my phone… Ai generated articles that are just click bait.

        is a new episode of RandomShow airing tonight?

        Star Trek 31 confirmed to feature major tng character (from today)

        blah.

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          Google is so bad for this, plus the fact that they were the ones who started rewarding clickbait articles.

          In my mind though, MSN will never be dethroned from having the shittiest content.

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            8 months ago

            It can’t, just check the windows thing which appears as a left sidebar in windows 11 or the edge default homepage

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      I’ve been seeing clips from Ready Player One recently and this reminded me of the main bad guy’s philosophy on advertising in the OASIS.

      we estimate we can sell up to 80% of an individual’s visual field before inducing seizures

      Can’t help but feeling there’s some parallels there.

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        8 months ago

        Seems unrealistic. In reality, they’d be asking how often the seizures occur and would figure out if the increased ad revenue from going to 90% would offset any potential lawsuits.

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      Used to be if I found the site of a newspaper I thought I liked, I’d turn off my ad blocker to see how it goes.

      I don’t even try any more. Again and again and again, every time I turn it off the page gets so cluttered that following the article becomes a chore and takes up so many resources that even scrolling slows to a crawl. Ludicrous nonsense.

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        I recently noticed a feature on iOS to open all new sites in Reader mode. It’s definitely more readable but mixed results when not everything is there

        There’s got to be some sort of Accessibility violation here: where’s the EU when you need someone to stand up for consumers rights

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      Fr. I legitimately wouldn’t mind just a few banner ads to pay for things, but as per usual, the corpos got too damn greedy. So congrats, now you get no ad viewage from me.