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as someone who is now fully accustomed to using an ubuntu derivative for my machine, i find this absurd but at the same time, fitting. one of the most fascinat

as someone who is now fully accustomed to using an ubuntu derivative for my machine, i find this absurd but at the same time, fitting. one of the most fascinating ideas that got ingrained in the last 50 years was the idea that TV HAD commercials. a 30 minute show would be only 22 minutes while 8 would be reserved for ADS. since the ads were part of the programming, there was no other alternative but to sit through them. Today, youtube has the same in video ads and people just sit through them. Its not jarring or making them feel uneasy because thats the same thing on TV as well. Now, microsoft is adopting the same thing, I'd say apple too because i recently after a long time tried an apple device and the music app was pushing HARD to get the music + or something. Plus, app store now has ADS. on a thousand dollar phone. in a first party app. i remember the stupid reasoning of xiaomi when they started having ads in the system (oh we are just subsidizing cost of phone with ads) that did nothing to help pricing but gave them additional revenue source. fuck them. i have a moto phone which has stock apps. 0 ads. all apps are uninstallable without any fusss. i dont have google signed in the phone. i have pi-hole at home. here is my idea. imagine if i buy a mobile in cash and don't connect it to internet, am i really causing any financial harm to anyone? if no then removing ads should not affect anyone also. "think of the creators" is often talked on youtube ad blocking. what about microsoft and apple who shove ads on a paid software and a paid device? why should i see ads there? what "benefit" do i gain? same for google ads across the web. not to talk about tracking

vladvasiliu 3y ago
> I'd say apple too because i recently after a long time tried an apple device and the music app was pushing HARD to get the music + or something. Plus, app store now has ADS. on a thousand dollar phone. in a first party app. I wonder if this is a regional thing. On my old iphone, I've had a few "try music+" or whatever it's called a few times when it came out. Then, on my new iphone, it even sent notifications to try that out, but only like three times. The message was a bit different, though, something along the lines of "you're entitled to 3 free months with your new phone". Whatever. I ignored it, and haven't seen anything since. The Music app doesn't try to sell me anything, either.
- 2Gkashmiri 3y ago
  >you're entitled to 3 free months with your new phone" something similar but i don't remember exactly what it was. on my android, google tries to push hard for "enable play protect". every often on an app update or app install it tries to convince me to press accept. i refuse but they dont refuse to keep trying. same for other google apps like phone or messages. they want me to opt in for sharing of data.

vladvasiliu 3y ago

> I'd say apple too because i recently after a long time tried an apple device and the music app was pushing HARD to get the music + or something. Plus, app store now has ADS. on a thousand dollar phone. in a first party app. I wonder if this is a regional thing. On my old iphone, I've had a few "try music+" or whatever it's called a few times when it came out. Then, on my new iphone, it even sent notifications to try that out, but only like three times. The message was a bit different, though, something along the lines of "you're entitled to 3 free months with your new phone". Whatever. I ignored it, and haven't seen anything since. The Music app doesn't try to sell me anything, either.

2Gkashmiri 3y ago
>you're entitled to 3 free months with your new phone" something similar but i don't remember exactly what it was. on my android, google tries to push hard for "enable play protect". every often on an app update or app install it tries to convince me to press accept. i refuse but they dont refuse to keep trying. same for other google apps like phone or messages. they want me to opt in for sharing of data.