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Re:Things you notice when you quit the news (2016) by robertlagrant on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @04:38PM (#30434238)
> Why would you pay for something that has ads? It would be like paying facebook for a facebook account.

Or paying to go to live sports when everything has ads on it.

Re:Things you notice when you quit the news (2016) by qiskit on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @04:57PM (#30434481)
It's why I stopped watching football, baseball, basketball, etc. Used to be a huge sports addict. Such an incredible waste of time looking back. Now, I only watch ad free highlights, if that.

But peak level of lunacy are the ad-ridden movie trailers on youtube. I can't believe people are actually watching ads in order to watch an ad...

Re:Things you notice when you quit the news (2016) by robertlagrant on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @04:43AM (#30439409)
Well, don't forget that people stayed in cinemas for ages after Marvel movies finished to see a teaser trailer for another Marvel movie.
Re:Things you notice when you quit the news (2016) by dijonman2 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:40PM (#30435452)
uBlock origin, haven’t seen an ad in years. The web is unusable without it.