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Thanks for sharing what you know. I believe with a little bit more empathy, you have so much to give to make the world a better place, if you don't mind. There

by codlaw 5y ago

Thanks for sharing what you know. I believe with a little bit more empathy, you have so much to give to make the world a better place, if you don't mind. Therefore, including what the parent and the others have already mentioned, I would like to suggest these perspectives: • maybe not everyone is aware of the ease of setting up ad blocking as you described • maybe not everyone is on a platform where this is feasible -> you provided an example on Android, which implicitly means it is different or more difficult on other platforms • maybe someone is using a restricted device provided for work • maybe experiencing what many others are experiencing is intended. e.g. due to work reasons as creakingstairs suggested, or due to personal fulfillment • maybe someone values the time spent on writing "a whole post analyzing" the situation more than setting up any modification • maybe not everyone or no one is exactly Homo economicus [1] • etc. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_economicus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_economicus

verisimi 5y ago
bleurgh
kerkeslager 5y ago
> maybe not everyone is aware of the ease of setting up ad blocking as you described Well, now you know. > maybe not everyone is on a platform where this is feasible -> you provided an example on Android, which implicitly means it is different or more difficult on other platforms This is just as doable on Iphone, I just Googled it. Though perhaps people aren't aware of the ease of Googling things as I described. > maybe someone is using a restricted device provided for work This is in the context of ads seen in mobile games, so... > maybe experiencing what many others are experiencing is intended. e.g. due to work reasons as creakingstairs suggested, or due to personal fulfillment You're accusing me of not empathizing with purely hypothetical possibilities which support your worldview, but you're not empathizing with what someone actually said. Does the word "uneasy" or the word "impatient" suggest "personal fulfillment" to you? > maybe someone values the time spent on writing "a whole post analyzing" the situation more than setting up any modification I'm not criticizing the choice to write the post--that I get. I'm criticizing the choice to view ads, which is inherently harmful to people's mental health. > maybe not everyone or no one is exactly Homo economicus I'd go so far as to say that nobody is Homo economicus--I'm not sure what I said that would lead you to believe I think that. I do believe that with a bit of knowledge, people can take steps to protect themselves from advertising.

by codlaw 5y ago

verisimi 5y ago

bleurgh

kerkeslager 5y ago

> maybe not everyone is aware of the ease of setting up ad blocking as you described Well, now you know. > maybe not everyone is on a platform where this is feasible -> you provided an example on Android, which implicitly means it is different or more difficult on other platforms This is just as doable on Iphone, I just Googled it. Though perhaps people aren't aware of the ease of Googling things as I described. > maybe someone is using a restricted device provided for work This is in the context of ads seen in mobile games, so... > maybe experiencing what many others are experiencing is intended. e.g. due to work reasons as creakingstairs suggested, or due to personal fulfillment You're accusing me of not empathizing with purely hypothetical possibilities which support your worldview, but you're not empathizing with what someone actually said. Does the word "uneasy" or the word "impatient" suggest "personal fulfillment" to you? > maybe someone values the time spent on writing "a whole post analyzing" the situation more than setting up any modification I'm not criticizing the choice to write the post--that I get. I'm criticizing the choice to view ads, which is inherently harmful to people's mental health. > maybe not everyone or no one is exactly Homo economicus I'd go so far as to say that nobody is Homo economicus--I'm not sure what I said that would lead you to believe I think that. I do believe that with a bit of knowledge, people can take steps to protect themselves from advertising.