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I don't know how you can say this with a straight face. This is nothing different than "reddit boycott" or "politician x gets elected and I'm out of here" Soun

I don't know how you can say this with a straight face. This is nothing different than "reddit boycott" or "politician x gets elected and I'm out of here" Sounds nice. But isn't remotely feasible

kleiba 1y ago
It absolutely is for me, but I'm probably twice your age and use the internet only leisurely. I don't do social media, I don't use a smart phone, so yeah, I'm certainly an edge case, but no internet would be fine for me easily.
- amanaplanacanal 1y ago
  I'm totally with you on this one. And I was an early tech adopter, using a dialup modem (long distance!) to get access to Usenet news. If a site has ads, and I can't block them, I'm not using that site.
  - bitpush 1y ago
    The person I replied to didn't say they'll boycott a website, but rather "world wide web", as in the internet. If you take a quick look at their activity on HN, you can see they are a prolific submitter/commenter. I find it a bit amusing that someone's whos active than 99% of the people who frequent HN can just simply quit internet (and not an ad-ridden website).
    - kleiba 1y ago
      Make no mistake, just because I like to put in my 2cts, whether someone asks about it or not, does not mean that I cannot live without the internet. If yc had to close shop tomorrow, I'd survive. I also enjoy watching stuff on youtube, but if that was to go away, don't worry, I'd be fine. I'm not addicted, and already had a life before the web came along, so I'm sure I'd have one if it were to go away.
dh2022 1y ago
I used to watch veritasium and one blue tree brown on YouTube. I stopped this spring because of the number of ads I am getting on my iPad. Maybe I could’ve found a workaround via some ad blockers on iPad. But that was too much trouble so I am back to Wikipedia (so far no ads there). I think the web is regressing to the point where it is more trouble than it is worth.
yjftsjthsd-h 1y ago
I don't use reddit. Why do you think it infeasible?

I don't know how you can say this with a straight face. This is nothing different than "reddit boycott" or "politician x gets elected and I'm out of here" Sounds nice. But isn't remotely feasible

kleiba 1y ago

It absolutely is for me, but I'm probably twice your age and use the internet only leisurely. I don't do social media, I don't use a smart phone, so yeah, I'm certainly an edge case, but no internet would be fine for me easily.

amanaplanacanal 1y ago
I'm totally with you on this one. And I was an early tech adopter, using a dialup modem (long distance!) to get access to Usenet news. If a site has ads, and I can't block them, I'm not using that site.
- bitpush 1y ago
  The person I replied to didn't say they'll boycott a website, but rather "world wide web", as in the internet. If you take a quick look at their activity on HN, you can see they are a prolific submitter/commenter. I find it a bit amusing that someone's whos active than 99% of the people who frequent HN can just simply quit internet (and not an ad-ridden website).
  - kleiba 1y ago
    Make no mistake, just because I like to put in my 2cts, whether someone asks about it or not, does not mean that I cannot live without the internet. If yc had to close shop tomorrow, I'd survive. I also enjoy watching stuff on youtube, but if that was to go away, don't worry, I'd be fine. I'm not addicted, and already had a life before the web came along, so I'm sure I'd have one if it were to go away.

dh2022 1y ago

I used to watch veritasium and one blue tree brown on YouTube. I stopped this spring because of the number of ads I am getting on my iPad. Maybe I could’ve found a workaround via some ad blockers on iPad. But that was too much trouble so I am back to Wikipedia (so far no ads there). I think the web is regressing to the point where it is more trouble than it is worth.

yjftsjthsd-h 1y ago

I don't use reddit. Why do you think it infeasible?