Re:Ask HN: What things has tech made worse in your life?
by spurgu on Friday December 10, 2021 @02:44PM
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> I basically don’t encounter any ads in my day-to-day life, digital or physical.
The only ads I encounter are physical. Adblockers don't work for billboards. :D
> As for television ads, ugh! Maybe once every year or two I happen to be in the same room as a television that’s turned on, and how anyone can stand to watch the stuff when such ads are part of it, I don’t know.
This I realized when I was 19 while on LSD and it was a revelation. I put the TV in the closet and never had one since (or, well, one that I only used through HDMI so it was a monitor rather than a TV).
The only ads I encounter are physical. Adblockers don't work for billboards. :D
> As for television ads, ugh! Maybe once every year or two I happen to be in the same room as a television that’s turned on, and how anyone can stand to watch the stuff when such ads are part of it, I don’t know.
This I realized when I was 19 while on LSD and it was a revelation. I put the TV in the closet and never had one since (or, well, one that I only used through HDMI so it was a monitor rather than a TV).