• etherphon@piefed.world
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    22 hours ago

    I’m GenX and I honestly can’t stand to watch ads anymore, they’re all so stupid and I feel like I’ve put in my damn time already with the ads. I suppose that’s why most ads are aimed at younger people until they want to start selling you catheters.

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      1 day ago

      millennial here, I absolutely hate ads with such a passion that I will go very far out of my way to block ads. I’ve side loaded a YouTube alternative onto my TV to avoid ads. My parents (boomers) have no problem paying for xm radio and still being advertised to!

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        I realize that i always hated ads with a passion. It has probably a lot to do with autism, but i learned early on to cut out ads on whs tapes that i recorded, even tho, the ads back there was nothing like the nightmare we live in now. When i see an ad on youtube, that’s what i do for however long it takes to get rid of them. Same with windows. So you want me to force to look at this? How about i learn Linux instead? At this point i don’t really even know what ads are or look like, but every now and then I’m in someone’s home and the tv is on and i think: wow, that’s crazy, i could never.

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        Gen Z here. I haven’t seen an ad that wasn’t a billboard or of my own volition for over a year. VHS ads don’t really count though so take that as you will.

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            24 hours ago

            Surprisingly yes although I suspect they will phase them out real soon since you can skip ads. The only way to watch the show again will be on demand, which they put ads all over now. There are a few movie channels that offer ad free, but unless you pay through the nose the only way to avoid ads is to pirate things.

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      23 hours ago

      My cell phone has literally all notifications turned off.

      Silent always. Never a pesky red dot telling me where to tap. Never a push notification reminding me that I should reconsider using something I obviously don’t need.

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      22 hours ago

      I havent used an actual TV for regular broadcasting in about 25 years, so my experience of ads has been targeted bullshit about buying lawnmowers when I already bought one, and eat this ONE WEIRD FRUIT to half CANCER RISK.

      I miss the adverts on cartoon network. Im tired of being an adult. Tell me more about that RC Car that sticks to walls. Show me the slushy maker again.

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        18 hours ago

        Right. Advertise cool shit. Not corpo crap. Liberty, Applebee’s, some pharmaceutical called wongfelloffwizi