I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don’t belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren’t installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say “Download this app today”. The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    Only time I ever see actual ads anymore are when I’m out and about and see billboards, when my parents are watching TV, or when I go to furaffinity on TOR for some NSFW images.

    I’m fine with the ads on FA since they’re at the top and bottom of the pages and not intrusive at all and aren’t really much more than ads for probably shitty games (minus the Brok the Investigator ads) and art commission services the vast majority of the time.