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I'd even argue that internet, while it was seen as a counter-balance to the ad infected tv and radio space, has become WORST than watching a TV. If I want to s

I'd even argue that internet, while it was seen as a counter-balance to the ad infected tv and radio space, has become WORST than watching a TV. If I want to show something on YT to my friend, and I don't know exactly which video is correct, well lots of luck to me to find it in first few tries, as EACH video I click on will first show me a two unskippable ads, no matter how short the video is

avgcorrection 3y ago
Exactly right. Good luck using a for-reference video where you have to seek around a lot to exactly the parts you need. Have fun watching the same two unskippable ads every time. Meanwhile (on TV) my parents just record the shows they want and wind through the ad breaks that come up on a set schedule.
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  One day we’re gonna have sandboxes that run through web assembly ad infested garbage dumps and then recreate it for you with ai directed obfuscated versions
zo1 3y ago
Something went wonky with ads in general and it may just be a coincidence that the internet happened at an overlapping time. I fondly remember memorable, interesting and funny ads. It's like shittification happened on the quality of ads, maybe they got lazy because they could just target a specific demographic, maybe it's all the incompetent and lazy gen-whatevers joining the workplace, or maybe we're all collectively not accepting of ads anymore because of their quantity and pervasiveness.
- bregma 3y ago
  Maybe it's because the technology has progressed to the point where any idiot can make an ad, so now ads are made by idiots. It's not the first industry to be so affected.
sigio 3y ago
While the internet may have gotten worse then TV with ads, the internet being on-demand and interactive, and being mostly on computers instead of appliances, means you can skip/bypass 99% of the ads by using adblockers. I refuse to use the modern web without adblockers, and have a very friendly media usage experience without ads. Every time I listen to radio in the car, or see TV at frieds or parents I'm amazed by the volume of advertisements being hurled at the consumer. In my own environment I never get to see all this crapware.
- Propelloni 3y ago
  I'm in the same boat, but even worse than radio and TV is using a non-adblocked browser. I'd rather not use the internet than like that. I don't know how others do it.
pixl97 3y ago
Not totally sure on this... Yea, I adblock the living hell out of my internet, so I am jaded, but I was at an older persons house with regular broadcast TV on and it was so much worse then I remember TV being when I was young. The amount of actual show time seems to have dropped even further. The TV ads seem to be all gambling and drugs. It was pretty terrible.

avgcorrection 3y ago

Exactly right. Good luck using a for-reference video where you have to seek around a lot to exactly the parts you need. Have fun watching the same two unskippable ads every time. Meanwhile (on TV) my parents just record the shows they want and wind through the ad breaks that come up on a set schedule.

jncfhnb 3y ago
One day we’re gonna have sandboxes that run through web assembly ad infested garbage dumps and then recreate it for you with ai directed obfuscated versions

zo1 3y ago

Something went wonky with ads in general and it may just be a coincidence that the internet happened at an overlapping time. I fondly remember memorable, interesting and funny ads. It's like shittification happened on the quality of ads, maybe they got lazy because they could just target a specific demographic, maybe it's all the incompetent and lazy gen-whatevers joining the workplace, or maybe we're all collectively not accepting of ads anymore because of their quantity and pervasiveness.

bregma 3y ago
Maybe it's because the technology has progressed to the point where any idiot can make an ad, so now ads are made by idiots. It's not the first industry to be so affected.

sigio 3y ago

While the internet may have gotten worse then TV with ads, the internet being on-demand and interactive, and being mostly on computers instead of appliances, means you can skip/bypass 99% of the ads by using adblockers. I refuse to use the modern web without adblockers, and have a very friendly media usage experience without ads. Every time I listen to radio in the car, or see TV at frieds or parents I'm amazed by the volume of advertisements being hurled at the consumer. In my own environment I never get to see all this crapware.

Propelloni 3y ago
I'm in the same boat, but even worse than radio and TV is using a non-adblocked browser. I'd rather not use the internet than like that. I don't know how others do it.

pixl97 3y ago

Not totally sure on this... Yea, I adblock the living hell out of my internet, so I am jaded, but I was at an older persons house with regular broadcast TV on and it was so much worse then I remember TV being when I was young. The amount of actual show time seems to have dropped even further. The TV ads seem to be all gambling and drugs. It was pretty terrible.