There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

atrielienz ,

Ads = revenue that keep sites and services running. What can you do about it? Pay.

Nougat ,

What ads?

knobbysideup ,
@knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works avatar

Because it’s “too hard” for websites to have proper relationships with advertisers vs just signing onto an ad network.

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

The AI generated car ads are just awful, I made a post about it:

lemmy.world/post/14053496

Kolanaki , (edited )
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Garbage ads have been a thing almost since the dawn of the Internet and we found a solution to them years ago. They’re called ad blockers. If you are online and not using an ad blocker: Why? That’s like finding a $2/night hooker and not using a condom.

cheese_greater ,

Eloquently/elegantly put

Ilandar ,

The article did mention ad-blockers:

Some users take back control from online ads by installing ad-blocker software. These can be free versions in the form of a browser extension, or more advanced versions with a subscription fee.

I think you underestimate how technologically illiterate the average person is. Many people do not even understand the difference between a web browser and a search engine - they use Chrome because they think that’s the only way to perform a Google search.

tal ,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

For example, Google Chrome has stopped the use of auto-play video.

Even setting aside ads, that was virtually always something that I did not want.

If websites like CNN want someone to watch video, put the video up with autoplay off. If someone wants to watch it, they can start it playing.

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