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> it's not hard to ignore ad myself. It's a constant cognitive drain on your mental resources. That's even ignoring the fact that almost everyone is influenced
by Freak_NL 7y ago
> it's not hard to ignore ad myself.
It's a constant cognitive drain on your mental resources. That's even ignoring the fact that almost everyone is influenced by ads to varying degrees.
- Semaphor 7y agoI’d say it’s not a drain, but even as a long-time ad-blocker, I still am conditioned to ignore things screaming for attention. It’s been very often that I’m looking for something (eg. a link) but I don’t see it because it’s more visible than the rest of the page and my brain is conditioned to filter that out.
- dwild 7y ago> It's a constant cognitive drain on your mental resources. We reached the point that this is the argument to avoid ads... People will go to such a length to justify blocking ads, it's crazy.
- qu4z-2 7y agoThat's always been my primary reason, honestly. Yes, I also take the Intel Inside stickers off my laptop.