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It cracked me up the other day when the kids watched two ads to be allowed to watch the trailer for the Mario movie. Watch an ad to watch an ad.

socialismisok 4y ago
While a trailer is maybe technically an ad, it's also more. The social phenomena of being a part of the zeitgeist is fun for a lot of folks. We can all meme about Jack Black together or how Chris Pratt is a weird choice.
ethbr0 4y ago
Watch a {Google ad} to watch a {Universal Pictures ad}. The last mile device ad interposition is going to keep pushing the boundaries until it's limited by law. Which would be something like "hardware/software platform companies cannot own ad businesses* and must allow equal+ access to any ad bidder who wants to run an ad" *Defined as anything more nuanced than bulk sales of ad space +For some definition of equal That we ever let platforms own ad businesses is the cause of so many current failures.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Yes, then an ad bidder must have access to all the personal information that the platform provider has. Then the EU steps in with another 10 chapter 99 section law “GDPR 2.0” that inflicts another banner notice that causes us to endure a cookie notice to allow cookie notices to allow cookies.
potamic 4y ago
A majority of context online these days is just ads. You watch something seeking informative context and it's not till you're halfway through you realize the entire video was just a garb to plug in some sponsor product. It's getting harder and harder to discover solid, well research content that is made for the sake of making content.
andrepd 4y ago
Well why don't you do your kids a favour (young minds are especially malleable to ads) and install uBlock?
- eftychis 4y ago
  I am going to go the extra mile to make sure my kids don't watch ads as much as is humanly possible. I concur. Every time I check reality without an ad blocker I get sad.
  - lostlogin 4y ago
    When I break Pihole it doesn’t take long for someone to yell ‘I saw an ad’.
    - gruez 4y ago
      Given how popular youtube/twitch/google is, and that pihole doesn't do anything for those sites, I'm surprised that people didn't notice the ads before.
      - lostlogin 4y ago
        They don’t use those - Google adverts appear but you can’t click them as they go nowhere (possibly making them more annoying).
      - thedrbrian 4y ago
        adblockers do though. I've not seen a single ad on YouTube on my MacBook as I've got all the safari blockers from my old iPad.
- batch12 4y ago
  I do use ublock origin where I can. And a pihole. Ads still find a way on some platforms.

socialismisok 4y ago

While a trailer is maybe technically an ad, it's also more. The social phenomena of being a part of the zeitgeist is fun for a lot of folks. We can all meme about Jack Black together or how Chris Pratt is a weird choice.

ethbr0 4y ago

Watch a {Google ad} to watch a {Universal Pictures ad}. The last mile device ad interposition is going to keep pushing the boundaries until it's limited by law. Which would be something like "hardware/software platform companies cannot own ad businesses* and must allow equal+ access to any ad bidder who wants to run an ad" *Defined as anything more nuanced than bulk sales of ad space +For some definition of equal That we ever let platforms own ad businesses is the cause of so many current failures.

scarface74 4y ago
Yes, then an ad bidder must have access to all the personal information that the platform provider has. Then the EU steps in with another 10 chapter 99 section law “GDPR 2.0” that inflicts another banner notice that causes us to endure a cookie notice to allow cookie notices to allow cookies.

potamic 4y ago

A majority of context online these days is just ads. You watch something seeking informative context and it's not till you're halfway through you realize the entire video was just a garb to plug in some sponsor product. It's getting harder and harder to discover solid, well research content that is made for the sake of making content.

andrepd 4y ago

Well why don't you do your kids a favour (young minds are especially malleable to ads) and install uBlock?

eftychis 4y ago
I am going to go the extra mile to make sure my kids don't watch ads as much as is humanly possible. I concur. Every time I check reality without an ad blocker I get sad.
- lostlogin 4y ago
  When I break Pihole it doesn’t take long for someone to yell ‘I saw an ad’.
  - gruez 4y ago
    Given how popular youtube/twitch/google is, and that pihole doesn't do anything for those sites, I'm surprised that people didn't notice the ads before.
    - lostlogin 4y ago
      They don’t use those - Google adverts appear but you can’t click them as they go nowhere (possibly making them more annoying).
    - thedrbrian 4y ago
      adblockers do though. I've not seen a single ad on YouTube on my MacBook as I've got all the safari blockers from my old iPad.
batch12 4y ago
I do use ublock origin where I can. And a pihole. Ads still find a way on some platforms.