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Re:Why do people not notice our enormous, prominent, clear a... by antiterra on Thursday July 07, 2022 @12:39PM (#32016209)
> the fact that my brain seamlessly adblocks pages at no cost to myself

I wouldn’t be so sure it’s at no cost, it seems possible that parsing/blocking a lot of that stuff causes some kind of mental/sensory strain or fatigue.

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Re:Why do people not notice our enormous, prominent, clear a... by philistine on Thursday July 07, 2022 @12:40PM (#32016227)
Absolutely for me. I feel a lack of focus when I have to block it on my own.
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Re:Why do people not notice our enormous, prominent, clear a... by chitowneats on Thursday July 07, 2022 @03:15PM (#32018085)
It didn't for me 10 years ago but now it does.
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Re:Why do people not notice our enormous, prominent, clear a... by m463 on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:19PM (#32028285)
I've had my coworkers sharing their screens for a presentation and chrome will pop up ads on their screen in front of 20 people.

(and the fact that I remember it was chrome... ugh)

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