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Maybe they just don't want to. I don't use an adblocker because I'm not bothered by ads. I just don't care enough. The only place where it's actually annoying i

• codetrotter 3y ago
  I grew up with ads and learned to not pay attention to them. I still use an ad-blocker on all of my own systems, and on my current company laptop. But a few years back at a different company I didn’t have any ad blocker installed. This was an office job with a desk and coworkers walking past me all the time. So at that job I’m having the browser open reading something and one of the older guys is walking past me. He stops dead in his tracks and says jokingly “are you looking at women on company time” and he laughs. I look at him, confused. Then I look at my screen. Whoops! Next to the content I am reading is a huge ad that is pretty much a soft core porn ad. Embarrassed I say I didn’t even notice the lady. My coworker chuckles and says “sure”. But really, I had developed built in blinds in my mind that prevented me from consciously paying attention to ads. That experience reminded me to always make sure to have adblockers installed. And of course video ads are annoying no matter what, so having an ad blocker is nice for that as well. Plus who knows, even if I don’t consiously notice ads my subconscious is probably registering it. So having an ad blocker is nice for this reason as well!
  • kaba0 3y ago
    Video ads are an exception — especially when your country pushes their disgusting propaganda through it. I could honestly throw my phone at a wall when I hear that ad, and it is constantly everywhere — I don’t even understand how come I can’t report it or make it not appear to me in google?! (Country is Hungary..)
  • illiac786 3y ago
    Marketing is a branch that employs hundred of thousands of people to devise the best images to manipulate you. Billions are spent on research in this domain. thinking oneself impervious to ads, let alone blind, is in my view a bit presomptuous. I am convinced you are influenced by ads, you just don't notice it (and that's the point of ads, you shouldn't notice)
    • codetrotter 3y ago
      > I am convinced you are influenced by ads, you just don't notice it (and that's the point of ads, you shouldn't notice) Yeah that’s why I explicitly mentioned the difference between what I consciously notice and my subconscious and why I mentioned this as another reason to have an adblocker :I
      • illiac786 3y ago
        Sorry then I misread you. I focussed on the statement "truly blind to ads"...
        • codetrotter 3y ago
          No worries :)
    • Volundr 3y ago
      I can't find it in a quick 2 minute search, but I seem to recall a study that concluded that people who thought they were unaffected by advertising were actually MORE susceptible. Which makes a sort of intuitive sense. If someone is aware they can be manipulated they can make a conscious effort to counteract it. Someone who assumes they are immune won't.
    • jart 3y ago
      Thinking that the purpose of online ads is advertising, is in my view a bit presumptuous :-)
      • illiac786 3y ago
        Depends a bit what your definition of "advertising" includes I guess...
    • e2le 3y ago
      I can't help but wonder what effect advertising has peoples mental health. I doubt it's positive.