And yet again, the never ending confusion over “why the fuck is everyone choosing to see ads?” question comes up.
When I came here to Lemmy I really thought I’d never se any posts about complaining about ads because all you need to never see one is having the tech literacy just slightly above grandma level.
Yet here we are, with weekly posts like this.
And to be clear, I absolutely agree with the comic but it’s most if the comments here that’s the issue. Why are you people not even firing a single brain cell to decrease the amount of ads you see? They’re clearly an annoyance, but they’re also INCREDIBLY easy to get rid of.
A problem with uBlock, SponsorBlock, DeArrow, etc., is that it makes viewing sites and videos by greedy assholes bearable, instead of making us boycott the assholes.
I do use uBlock (and SponsorBlock built into a program, along with a site that let’s me avoid YouTube’s site); but I really should be boycotting some sites and video channels.
Imma be real calling content creators “greedy assholes” for taking sponsors that are the only way to make it financially viable other than patreon while expecting to consume their content for 0 just sounds like peak entitlement
Unless you do actually support creators directly in which case go ahead. And I do in fact recommend just not watching people that you judge to actually be greedy assholes, never once regretted that.
I’m torn there. Im from the old internet where we all just fucked about and had fun. I dont think any of the end-users asked them to quit their jobs and invest their money into editing equipment.
Obviously they need paid for their work, but why is it work? What happened here?
Consider that there are instances where it’s not practical to remove ads. I could get a new podcasts app with Sponsorblock integrated, but I already have the app I like all set up and I’m fine with skipping them manually. Some may filter through but so what.
Same with YT videos with Sponsorblock where you’re early and you’re the one doing people the favor. You have to listen at least part of the ad to mark the time block.
Or sometimes Twitch breaks uBO and you don’t realize until you’re served an ad and you have to wait for the devs to fix it. There’s no simple way of getting around it if you enjoy certain streamers.
It’s not that we don’t try, but not everyone is capable or interested in insulating their entertainment. There are many factors at play.
80% of the podcasts I have, I haven’t listened to because I listen to them at night and the ads being 50% louder than the podcast basically make them annoying jumpscares.
And I haven’t found anything that blocks ads on podcasts
Try Metrolist, it’s mainly thought for music but you can also ear podcasts and it’s totally ad-free, it uses YT music as source and it’s totally open source too!
No, they don’t, i think, i never used it for podcasts but you can just do a feature request on github or discors and they may implement it sooner or later
I think people like to see marketing as an art when in reality it is more of a science. Ads are engineered to be cost effective, and the design simply follows from that incentive. By taking up any of your attention, even if it’s in the background, even if it’s a small patch on an athlete’s uniform, it will help the product sell. If it didn’t, advertisers wouldn’t have put it there.
They have more data than you, they are smarter than you, and all they care about is selling their product. You are a tool to boost profit, even if you don’t directly give them money, your attention is all they need.
Like, this comic is actually a good example of how an anti-consumption response to an ad can actually help sales. If she never knew about Dragon Marrow, she wouldn’t be opposed to it, but you will inevitably just give Dragon Marrow free marketing every time you talk negatively about them. You may drive a majority of people that hear you complain away from it, but maybe one or two of your friends decide to try it anyways, people who would not have heard of it until you complained.
Attention is the goal, not a specific emotional response. You can’t outsmart an ad by watching it.
And yet again, the never ending confusion over “why the fuck is everyone choosing to see ads?” question comes up. When I came here to Lemmy I really thought I’d never se any posts about complaining about ads because all you need to never see one is having the tech literacy just slightly above grandma level. Yet here we are, with weekly posts like this.
And to be clear, I absolutely agree with the comic but it’s most if the comments here that’s the issue. Why are you people not even firing a single brain cell to decrease the amount of ads you see? They’re clearly an annoyance, but they’re also INCREDIBLY easy to get rid of.
It’s not just ads. Every video on YouTube is sponsored in the video itself. You can skip the sponsor spots usually but they mention it multiple times.
You’re right though, everyone should block advertising and tracking at the router level.
A problem with uBlock, SponsorBlock, DeArrow, etc., is that it makes viewing sites and videos by greedy assholes bearable, instead of making us boycott the assholes.
I do use uBlock (and SponsorBlock built into a program, along with a site that let’s me avoid YouTube’s site); but I really should be boycotting some sites and video channels.
Imma be real calling content creators “greedy assholes” for taking sponsors that are the only way to make it financially viable other than patreon while expecting to consume their content for 0 just sounds like peak entitlement
Unless you do actually support creators directly in which case go ahead. And I do in fact recommend just not watching people that you judge to actually be greedy assholes, never once regretted that.
I’m torn there. Im from the old internet where we all just fucked about and had fun. I dont think any of the end-users asked them to quit their jobs and invest their money into editing equipment.
Obviously they need paid for their work, but why is it work? What happened here?
Consider that there are instances where it’s not practical to remove ads. I could get a new podcasts app with Sponsorblock integrated, but I already have the app I like all set up and I’m fine with skipping them manually. Some may filter through but so what.
Same with YT videos with Sponsorblock where you’re early and you’re the one doing people the favor. You have to listen at least part of the ad to mark the time block.
Or sometimes Twitch breaks uBO and you don’t realize until you’re served an ad and you have to wait for the devs to fix it. There’s no simple way of getting around it if you enjoy certain streamers.
It’s not that we don’t try, but not everyone is capable or interested in insulating their entertainment. There are many factors at play.
Wait there’s a podcast app that blocks ads?
where?
80% of the podcasts I have, I haven’t listened to because I listen to them at night and the ads being 50% louder than the podcast basically make them annoying jumpscares.
And I haven’t found anything that blocks ads on podcasts
Try Metrolist, it’s mainly thought for music but you can also ear podcasts and it’s totally ad-free, it uses YT music as source and it’s totally open source too!
Nice - I see they have a build specifically for obtanium too!
Do they do a sponsorblock thing basically too? I’m not sure how many of my podcasts are on YouTube since I use RSS 😅
No, they don’t, i think, i never used it for podcasts but you can just do a feature request on github or discors and they may implement it sooner or later
I think people like to see marketing as an art when in reality it is more of a science. Ads are engineered to be cost effective, and the design simply follows from that incentive. By taking up any of your attention, even if it’s in the background, even if it’s a small patch on an athlete’s uniform, it will help the product sell. If it didn’t, advertisers wouldn’t have put it there.
They have more data than you, they are smarter than you, and all they care about is selling their product. You are a tool to boost profit, even if you don’t directly give them money, your attention is all they need.
Like, this comic is actually a good example of how an anti-consumption response to an ad can actually help sales. If she never knew about Dragon Marrow, she wouldn’t be opposed to it, but you will inevitably just give Dragon Marrow free marketing every time you talk negatively about them. You may drive a majority of people that hear you complain away from it, but maybe one or two of your friends decide to try it anyways, people who would not have heard of it until you complained.
Attention is the goal, not a specific emotional response. You can’t outsmart an ad by watching it.