even corporate social media is FULL of ads
2026-07-16 12:31 UTC
Replies (5)
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@lokalhorst@feddit.org 2026-07-16 12:45
Wait, does the average person not use an ad blocker? Like am I within the 40%? 30%? i have really no idea
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@Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 2026-07-16 13:06
I have this conversation with my wife. I installed a pi-hole on our network, works nearly perfectly, however every site thinks we have ad-blockers installed, and kind of we do I guess. She got mad because all the sites she wants to read (she love celebrity drama) won’t let her read any more, so she just uses cellular data instead of the home wi-fi. I don’t know how she reads anything with all the ads everywhere.
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@Agent641@lemmy.world 2026-07-17 06:34
I use a VPN so places where I can’t block ads, like podcasts on my phone, at least I only get nonsensical swedish-language ads.
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@Blackmist@feddit.uk 2026-07-16 19:40
Using a phone with no ad block is astonishing. You get taken to sites where ads, cookie consent forms, and other junk all compete to the point that there’s no site left to look at. It’s the days of pop up windows all over again.
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@InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2026-07-16 23:30
I set up firefox and ublock for my inlaws, but they only use edge. They like to read some rag newspaper website and the difference is STAGGERING, the ads it has everywhere, I can’t describe it. They always use edge, on purpose. Deliberately.