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> Users tolerating such bullshit is the reason why it exists and keeps on existing. It's because it's the same kind of users that tolerated such bullshit on TV
by TacticalCoder 5y ago
> Users tolerating such bullshit is the reason why it exists and keeps on existing.
It's because it's the same kind of users that tolerated such bullshit on TV 20 years ago: 5 ads or more over a 30 minutes show.
The truth is: most people are brainlessly consuming any media (be it TV or the Internet or the latest crappy auto-tuned pop song) and are wandering hyperconsumerists souls.
20 years ago it was more complicated to go on the Internet, so your average "I'll sit in front of TV and tolerate 5 ads over my 30 minutes show" wasn't on the Internet. It's that simple.
It takes time and half a brain to not get abused by all these companies. People don't want to spend the time and certainly don't have half a brain.
The Internet adapted itself to the masses.
That'd be my rant.
- ratww 5y agoI think that's a bit unfair. It's not that the masses wanted that scenario. They would be completely cool with a non-user-hostile TV or web. It's just that TV channels and internet companies are constantly trying to push as much garbage as they can, and the amount we currently got is the amount they can get away with.