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.

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.

grue ,

Ew. Speaking of technological illiteracy, the author is irresponsibly contributing to it by insinuating that subscription fee ad blockers are somehow inherently better than free ones, which is not only absolute bullshit but also pretty much anti-Free Software propaganda.

paraphrand ,

I was promised that surveillance capitalism would mean high quality ads that improved my quality of living. :blessed:

kennebel ,

When I can’t block the ads, I always opt for the “non-personalized ads” option, since I know they are getting paid less. Also easier to ignore an ad when it is random.

Zier ,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

$2/a night? Okay Mr Moneybags, must be nice to be so rich!

atrielienz ,

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

grue , (edited )

Or let all the commercial sites go out of business and fucking die, so that the labor-of-love websites that dominated the net in the '90s can return to prominence. And nothing of value would be lost.

sin_free_for_00_days ,

Anyone who wasn’t around then can’t really know what they missed.

cyberpunk007 ,

What can we do about it? Is this some grandpa’s first time on the internet?

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

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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