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Re:‘Shooting,’ ‘Bomb,’ ‘Trump’: Advertisers Blacklist News S... by JohnFen on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @07:49PM (#21001224)
Advertising drove me away from watching television and listening to the radio. And those aren't even the nasty, spying sort of ads that we have on the web.

I really see the day coming when I can no longer defend myself against advertisers enough to make it worth continuing to use the web at all.

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Re:‘Shooting,’ ‘Bomb,’ ‘Trump’: Advertisers Blacklist News S... by gdulli on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @10:09PM (#21001871)
From my point of view, cable has the easiest kind of advertising to fully skip. It's distinct from programming and can be fast forwarded.

I find that preferable to the web and streaming. Being manipulated by unskippable previews and algorithms using personal data about me to show me an Amazon or Netflix controlled browse interface that tries to funnel me into watching what they consider optimal.

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